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

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

186. Transmission of official log-books to proper officer
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(1)If for any reason the official log-book ceases to be required in respect of a South African ship, the master or owner of the ship, shall, if the ship is then in the Republic, within one month, and if it is elsewhere, within six months, after the cessation, deliver or transmit to the proper officer at the port to which the ship belonged the official log-book duly completed up to the time of the cessation.

 

(2)If a ship is lost or abandoned the master or owner thereof shall, if practicable, and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the proper officer at the port to which the ship belonged the official log-book duly completed up to the time of the loss or abandonment.