Art. 135 - Permission to
Carry Out Repairs :
- No repairs that involve
burning, welding, riveting, other hot work, high speed
drilling, chipping, hammering or other similar operations
to any compartment or pipe line which has contained
petroleum shall be begun or carried out in any vessel
unless a certificate issued from a recognized chemist
certifies that he finds it is free from inflammable
vapours, and safe for such operations.
- The CA’s Shipyard shall be
sole judge whether or not repairing operations can be
done.
- Carrying out repairs is not
allowed for liquefied inflammable gas carriers or
dangerous chemicals in bulk carriers.