Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets

185. Delivery of official log-books to proper officer
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The master of every ship on board of which an official log-book is required to be kept in terms of this Act shall within forty-eight hours after the ship's arrival at its final port of destination in the Republic or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever first happens, deliver the official log-book of the voyage to the proper officer at the port where the crew is discharged.

 

[Section 185 substituted by section 18 of Act No. 3 of 1982]