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(e) In the case of passenger ships which are employed in the carriage 

 of large numbers of unberthed passengers in special trades, such, for example, 

 as the pilgrim trade, the Administration, if satisfied that it is impracticable to 

 enforce compliance with the requirements of this Chapter, may exempt such 

 ships, when they belong to its country, from those requirements on the 

 following conditions : — 



(i) That the fullest provision which the circumstances of the trade will 



permit shall be made in the matter of construction, 

 (ii) That steps shall be taken to formulate general rules which shall be 

 applicable to the particular circumstances of these trades. Such 

 rules shall be formulated in concert with such other Contracting 

 Governments, if any, as may be directly interested in the carriage 

 of such passengers in such trades. 

 Notwithstanding any provisions of the present Convention, the Simla 

 Rules, 1931, shall continue in force as between the parties to those Rules until 

 ,the rules formulated under sub-paragraph (e) (ii) of this Regulation shall 

 come into force. 



Regulation 2 



Definitions 

 For the purpose of this Chapter, unless expressly provided otherwise : — 



(a) (i) A subdivision loadline is a waterline used in determining the sub- 

 division of the ship, 

 (ii) The deepest subdivision loadline is the waterline which corresponds 

 to the greatest draught permitted by the subdivision requirements 

 which are applicable. 



(Zj) The length of the ship is the length measured between perpendiculars 

 taken at the extremities of the deepest subdivision loadline. 



(c) The breadth of the ship is the extreme width from outside of frame to 



outside of frame at or below the deepest subdivision loadline. 



(d) The draught is the vertical distance from the moulded base line 



amidships to the subdivision loadline in question. 



(e) The bulkhead deck is the uppermost deck op to which the transverse 



watertight bulkheads are carried. 

 (/) The margin line is a line drawn at least 3 inches (or 76 millimetres) 

 below the upper surface of the bulkhead deck at side. 



ig) The permeability of a space is the percentage of that space which can 

 be occupied by water. 



The volume of a space which extends above the margin line 

 shall be measured only to the height of that line. 



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