Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets168. Inspection of medicines and medical appliances |
| (1) | A port health officer, district surgeon or other medical officer of the Department of Health in the Republic, or any medical practitioner outside the Republic, may at the request of the proper officer board any South African ship and inspect the medicines, medical appliances and first-aid equipment carried, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same are in accordance with the requirements of this Act or any other law. |
| (2) | The provisions of subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section one hundred and sixty-two shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in respect of any investigation under this section. |
| (3) | The provisions of this section shall not in any way derogate from or modify the powers and duties of a port health officer under the provisions of the Health Act 63 of 1977. |
[Section 168(3) substituted by section 9 of Act No. 18 of 1992]