(1) A Saint Lucian load line ship shall not proceed to sea unless—
(a) the ship has been surveyed in accordance with the load line regulations either by a surveyor of ships or by any organisation authorised to act in that behalf by the Minister or, at the Minister's request by the Government of any Convention country;
(b) the ship complies with the conditions for the assignment of load lines prescribed in the load line regulations;
(c) the ship is marked on each side with a mark, hereinafter referred to as “deckline”, indicating the position of the uppermost deck and with marks, hereinafter referred to as “load lines”, indicating the several maximum depths to which the ship is permitted to load in the various circumstances prescribed by the load line regulations; and
(d) the deck-line and load lines are of the descriptions and in the positions required by the load line regulations.
(2) Where the ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea in contravention of this section the master or owner of the ship is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and the ship may be detained until it has been so surveyed and marked.