Versions of s. 358(b)

any person conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any mark placed on a ship described in paragraph (a) in accordance with section 356, except with the authority of a person entitled under the Load Line Rules to authorize the alteration of the mark or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy,