Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 192

192. (1) If an official log book is not kept in the manner required by this Act, or if any entry directed by this Act to be made therein is not made at the time and in the manner directed by this Act, the master shall for each offence be liable to the specific fine in this Act or in any other law mentioned in respect thereof or, where there is no such specific fine, to a fine (multa) not exceeding ten units. (2) If any person makes, or procures to be made, or assists in m a k i n g , a n e n t r y i n a n o ff i c i a l l o g b o o k i n r e s p e c t o f a n y occurrence happening previously to the arrival of the ship at a final port of discharge more than twenty-four hours after that arrival, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding thirty units. (3) If any person wilfully destroys or mutilates or renders illegible any entry in an official log book, or wilfully makes or procures to be made or assists in making a false or fraudulent entry in or omission from an official log book, he shall for each offence be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred units, or to both such imprisonment and fine. Delivery of official logs to shipping master.  Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2.