Versions of s. 392(1)

Where, on complaint made to him pursuant to this section and sections 393 to 396 or without any complaint, the chief officer of customs at any port in Canada believes on reasonable grounds that any ship at a port or place in Canada is an unsafe ship by reason of the defective condition of its hull, equipment or machinery, or by reason of undermanning, overloading or improper loading, and is unfit to proceed to sea or to make any voyage or trip, without serious danger to life, that officer shall detain the ship until he is satisfied that it is a safe ship.