Section 13:
Power for State Government to suspend or cancel certificate of survey.
2[A certificate
of survey or any endorsement thereon made under section 10A may be suspended or cancelled by the
Government of the State in which the certificate was granted or in respect of which the endorsement
was made, as the case may be, if that Government has reason to believe]--
(a) that the declaration by the surveyor of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull, boilers,
engines or other machinery or of any of the equipments of the mechanically propelled vessel has
been fraudulently or erroneously made; or
(b) that the certificate has otherwise been granted upon false or erroneous information; or
(c) that since the making of the declaration the hull, boilers, engines or other machinery, or
any of the equipments of the 1[mechanically propelled vessel] have sustained any material
injury, or have otherwise become insufficient.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Subs., ibid., for certain words.