Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 191
191. The master of a ship for whi ch an official log book is
required shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log book
the following matters:
(a) every conviction by a legal tribunal of a member of his
crew, and the punishment inflicted;
(b) every offence committed by a member of his crew for
which it is intended to prosecute or to enforce a
forfeiture, or to exact a f ine, together with such
statement concerning the co py or reading over of that
entry, and concerning the reply (if any) made to the
charge, as is by t his Act required;
(c) every offence for which punishment is inflicted on
board, and the punishment inflicted;
(d) every arrest and confinement made in pursuance of
article 169, and the circum stances leading thereto;
(e) a statement of the conduct, character and
qualifications of each of his crew, or a statement that
he declines to give an opinion on those particulars;
(f) every case of illness or injury happening to a member
of the crew, with the nature thereof, and the medical
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treatment adopted (if any);
(g) every marriage taking place on board with the names
and ages of the parties;
Cap. 16.
(h) the birth of a child, or the death of a person, happening
on board, in manner provided by articles 285 and 304
of the Civil Code ;
Cap. 16.
(i) every will made at sea, in manner provided by article
678 of the Civil Code ;
(j) the name of every seaman o r apprentice who ceases to
be a member of the crew, otherwise than by death, with
the place, time and manner, and cause thereof;
(k) the wages due to, and the effects left on board by, any
seaman or apprentice who di es during the voyage, and
the gross amount of any deductions to be made
therefrom;
(l) every collision with any other ship, and the
circumstances under which the same occurred; and
(m) any other matter directed by or under this Act or by or
under any other law to be entered.
Offences in respect
of official logs.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5;
XXII. 2000.2.
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