ARTICLE 13.

Form of Certificate.

The International Load Line Certificates shall be drawn up in
the official language or languages of the country by which they are
issued.
The form of the certificate shall be that of the model given in
Annex III, subject to such modifications as may, in accordance with
Rule LXXVIII, be made in the case of ships carrying timber deck
cargoes.

ARTICLE 14.

Duration of 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 Administration which issues it; but the period so specified
   shall not exceed five years from the date of issue.

2. An International Load Line Certificate may be 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
   superstructures 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 times 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
   referred to in Condition B are maintained as therein provided throughout the duration of the certificate.

ARTICLE 15.

Acceptance of Certificates.

International Load Line Certificates issued under the authority of
a Contracting Government shall be accepted by the other Contracting
Governments as having the same force as the certificates issued by
them to ships belonging to their respective countries.

ARTICLE 16.

Control.

1. A ship to which this Convention applies, when in a port of
   a country to which it does not belong, is in any case subject to
   control with respect to load line as follows: An officer duly authorized
   by the Government of that country may take such steps as may be
   necessary for the purpose of seeing that there is on board a valid
   International Load Line Certificate. If there is such a certificate on
   board the ship, such control shall be limited to the purpose of
   securing—
   (a) That the ship is not loaded beyond the limits allowed by the
   certificate;
   (b) That the position of the load line on the ship corresponds with
   the certificate; and
   (c) That the ship has not been so materially altered in respect
   to the matters dealt with in conditions A and B (set out in
   paragraph 3 of Article 14) that the ship is manifestly unfit
   to proceed to sea without danger to human life.

2. Only officers possessing the necessary technical qualifications
   shall be authorized to exercise control as aforesaid, and if such control
   is exercised under (c) above, it shall only be exercised in so far as
   may be necessary to secure that the ship shall be made fit to proceed
   to sea without danger to human life.

3. If control under this Article appears likely to result in legal
   proceedings being taken against the ship, or in the ship being detained,
   the Consul of the country to which the ship belongs shall be informed
   as soon as possible of the circumstances of the case.