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(10) All watertight doors shall be kept closed during navigation except when neces- 

 sarily opened for the working of the vessel, and shall always be ready to be immediately 

 closed. 



(11) If trunkways for forced draught, for access from crew's accommodation to the 

 stokehold or for any other purpose, are carried through the main transverse watertight 

 bulkheads, the integrity of the watertight bulkheads shall be maintained by watertight doors 

 or other equally effective means. 



(12) Where pipes, electric-light cables, etc., are carried through transverse watertight 

 bulkheads below the margin line, arrangements shall be made to insure the integrity of the 

 watertightness of the bulkheads. 



(13) The number of sluice valves in watertight bulkheads shall be reduced to the min- 

 imum, and shall not be allowed except in positions where they are sufficiently accessible at 

 all times to allow of its being ascertained that they are in good order. They shall be 

 strongly constructed, efficiently fitted, and regularly inspected. Satisfactory provision shall 

 be made for operating them from an accessib e position above the margin line. Means shall 

 be provided for indicating when they are open or shut. 



Article XVI. 



OPENINGS IN vessel's SIDE. 



(1) (a) Subject to clause (b) below, when side scuttles are fitted below a deck the 

 under side of which at its lowest point at side is less than 2.13 meters (7 feet) above the 

 load water line, they shall be permanently fixed. 



(b) Side scuttles which are capable of being opened may be fitted in the positions de- 

 fined in clause (a), provided that — 



They shall be closed watertight and locked before the vessel leaves port; they shall not 

 be opened during navigation ; the time of opening such scuttles in port and of closing and 

 locking them before the vessel leaves port shall be entered in the official log; the construc- 

 tion of such scuttles shall be such as effectively to prevent any person opening them with- 

 out the consent of the master. 



(c) Scuttles fitted in the positions defined in clause (a) shall be provided with ef- 

 ficient metal shutters. 



(2) In 'tween decks above the deck mentioned in paragraph (1) (a) of this article, 

 opening side scuttles may be fitted except in spaces exclusively devoted to the carriage of 

 cargo or coal. 



(3) No side scuttles shall be fitted in any spaces which are exclusively devoted to the 

 carriage of cargo or coal. 



(4) All side scuttles which are not accessible during navigation shall be fitted with 

 efficient metal covers, and both the glass and the cover shall be kept closed during naviga- 

 tion. 



(5) No automatic ventilating scuttles shall be fitted in the ship's side below the margin 

 line. 



(6) All inlets and discharges in the side shall be arranged so as to prevent any acci- 

 dental admission of water into the vessel. 



(7) The number of scuppers, sanitary discharges, and other similar openings in the 



