Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets105. Certificates as to agreements with crew of foreign-going ships |
| (1) | In the case of a foreign-going South African ship— |
| (a) | on the due execution of an agreement with the crew; or |
| (b) | where the agreement is a running agreement, on compliance by the master with paragraph (h) of section 103, |
the master shall issue a certificate to that effect.
[Section 105(1) substituted by section 7 of Act No. 3 of 1982]
| (2) | The master of every foreign-going South African ship shall before proceeding to sea from a port in the Republic produce to the officer of customs, if that officer should so require, the certificate mentioned in subsection (1), and any such ship may be detained until the certificate is so produced. |
| (3) | The master of every foreign-going South African ship shall, within forty-eight hours after the ship's arrival at her final port of destination for the voyage, or, in the case of a running agreement, within forty-eight hours of her arrival at her final port of destination for the last voyage over which the agreement extends, or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever event first occurs, deliver the agreement with the crew to the proper officer, who shall give the master a certificate of that delivery. |