The certified number of passengers of a passenger ship shall comply with the calculations as specified in Attachment 5 annexed hereto; in addition, it shall be approved by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute according to the equipment, stability, watertight compartments, passenger cabins, and capacities of provisions and fresh water.

• Attachment 5.pdf

If the certified number of passengers is computed based on the deck area, the computation shall only include the deck areas that are provided for their exclusive use.

When computing the area of passenger cabins, the following places shall be excluded:
1. Passages,
2. The areas above hatchways,
3. Hatches and places within 60cm of the circumference thereof, and
4. Cargo ports and places within 35cm in front and rear thereof, within a width of 60cm from the circumference of the ports.
The shipping administration authority or ship register institute may include the areas mentioned in Item 2 to 4 of the previous paragraph into calculations when requested by the owner of a passenger ship navigating inland water routes.

Upper decks and other unenclosed places of a passenger ship shall not be included for computing the certified number of passengers. However, a passenger ship that navigates an inland water route and is approved to carry deck passengers by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute, which deems that there is no fear of severe sea conditions, may include said places for the computation. Nonetheless, the following places shall be excluded:
1. Areas of hatches, skylights, ship-side drains or other obstructions;
2. Places between deckhouses, hatches, skylights and ship-side drains, with a width less than 60cm;
3. Forecastle decks;
4. The upper deck or forecastle deck between the bow stem and a place one-eighth of the ship’s length from the stem;
5. Any place where the shipping administration authority or ship register institute deems necessary to be used for gathering passengers in an emergency; and
6. Any place the shipping administration authority or ship register institute deems inappropriate for carrying passengers.

The area of passenger cabins or decks shall be computed as follows:
1. For well-shaped places: average width * length;
2. For well-shaped places: take the fore, mid and aft widths; add the sum of the fore and aft widths with 4 times of the mid width; therewith, the grand total obtained * length/6;
3. For inclined and bending areas in the stern behind the spot having a length (from the stern equals to one half of the breadth: 2/3 of the length * the fore breadth of the areas.
4. The area obtained from the above computation shall deduct the areas that shall not be included as specified in the two preceding articles.

The certified number of passengers of an international passenger ship shall be approved pursuant to Attachment 5;in addition, a promenade of at least 0.46 ㎡ for each passenger shall be provided. The shipping administration authority or ship register institute may reduce the certified number if the area of promenade decks is less than the said area, except for passenger ships navigating in shorter international routes.

• Attachment 5.pdf

The certified number of passengers of a passenger ship navigating in the outer sea route, on which the voyage takes 48 hours or more, shall be approved pursuant to Attachment 4;in addition, a promenade of at least 0.18 ㎡ for each passenger shall be provided. The shipping administration authority or ship register institute may reduce the certified number if the area of promenade decks is less than the said area, unless there are any specialcircumstances.

• Attachment 5.pdf

The certified number of passengers of a passenger ship navigating in the inland water route in daytime only may be properly increased as the shipping administration authority or ship register institute may deem appropriate. However, the minimum area occupied exclusively by a passenger shall be no less than 0.21 ㎡.

If the upper deck or other unenclosed places of a passenger ship are permitted to be used to carry passengers by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute, the certified number of deck passengers shall be computed as follows:
1. For a ferryboat, the area of deck occupied by every deck passenger shall be no less than 0.40 ㎡;
2. On a passenger ship whose voyage takes 12 hours or more, the area of deck occupied by every deck passenger shall be no less than 1.10 ㎡; and
3. On a passenger ship whose voyage takes less than 12 hours, the area of deck occupied by every deck passenger shall be no less than 0.85 ㎡.
If the shipping administration authority or ship register institute deems it necessary, the weather decks used to carry deck passengers as mentioned in the previous paragraph shall be provided with awnings and shelter facilities.

The owner of a passenger ship shall publish the certified number of passengers in every part of the ship approved by the shipping administration authority or ship register institute in all conspicuous places.