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 2248 INTERNATIONAL LOAD LINE CONVENTION. JULY 5, 1930. Form or certificate. this Convention are complied with, issue an International Load Line Certificate to such ship, under its own responsibility. Any certificate so issued must contain a statement to the effect that it has been issued at the reques~ of the Government of the country to which the ship belongs, or of the Government by whom the ship is to be regiRtered, as the case may be, and it shall have the same force and receive the same recognWon as a certificatt., issued under Article 11 of this Convention. ARTICLE 13. Form oj Oertificate. The International Load Line Certificates shall be drawn up in the L!lng~4g'" official language or languages of the country by which they are issued. ~Iodl'l. The form of the certificate shall be that of the model given in PotJt 2292, 23M Annex III, subject to such modifications as may, in accordance with • pp. . Rule LXXVIII, be made in t.he case of ships carrying timber deck Duration or oerti1l. C:ltes. ~wal. Cance11ation. c_ror . cargoes. ARTICLE 14. Durat'ion oj Certificates. 1. An International Load Line Certificate shall, unless it is renewed in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article, expire at the end of such period as may be specified therein by the Adminjstration which issues it: but the period 80 specified shall not exceed five years from the date of issue. 2. An International Load Line Certificate may he renewed from time to time by the Administration which issued it for such period (not exceeding five years on any occasion) as the Administration thinks fit, after a survey not less effective than the survey required by this Convention before the issue of the certificate, and any such renewal shall be endorsed on the certificate. 3. An Administration shall cancel any International Load Line Certificate issued to a ship belonging to its country: A. If material alterations have taken place in the hull and super- structures of the ship which affect the calculations of freeboard. B. If the fittings and appliances for the (i) protection of openings, (ii) guard rails, (iii) freeing ports and (iv) means of access to crews' quarters are not maintained in as effective a condition as they were in when the certificate was issued. C. If the ship is not inspected periodically at such timP..s and under such conditions as the Administration may think necessary for the purpose of securing that the hull and superstructures referred to in Condition A are not altered and that the fittings and appliances re- ferred to in Condition B are maintained as therein provided through- out the duration of the certificate.