Versions of s. 401(1)

No person shall in Canada consign to be loaded on any ship, and no master, owner or agent of any ship shall in Canada cause or permit to be loaded on any ship, any package or object of a gross weight of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds or over without causing its weight to be plainly and durably marked on the outside of the package or object, but in the case of a package or object of such a character that its exact weight would be difficult to ascertain, an approximate weight may be so marked accompanied by the word “approximate” or any reasonable abbreviation thereof.