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ment with the crew and in the official log book, and subsections (3) and 
(4) of that section shall apply accordingly; 
(c) The master shall deliver a copy of the statement to the officer of customs 
from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded, and a clearance shall not 
be granted until the statement is so delivered. 
(3) Where the certificate referred to in subsection (4) of section 443 of the 
principal act (which relates to regulations as to load line) is required to be delivered, 
the provisions of this section as to the statement to be prepared by the master 
shall not take effect. 
(4) For the purpose of providing for an alteration of marks during a voyage, 
subsection (5) of section 440 of the principal act shall be read as if the words “‘or, 
if the mark has been altered abroad in accordance with regulations made by the 
Board of Trade for the purpose, marked with the mark as so altered”’ were added 
after the words “so marked,”’ and subsection (2) of section 443 of the principal 
act shall be read as if the purposes for which regulations may be made under that 
section included provision for the alteration of marks on ships abroad. 
