Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets189. Returns of births and deaths |
| (1) | Within forty-eight hours after the arrival of any ship at any port in the Republic, the master shall deliver or transmit to the proper officer in the prescribed form a return of such particulars as may be prescribed— |
| (a) | in the case of a South African ship, of every birth of a child and every death of a person on board the ship which has occurred after the last preceding occasion on which the ship left a port in the Republic; or |
| (b) | in the case of a ship other than a South African ship, of every birth of a child on board the ship whose parents reside or intend to reside in the Republic, and of every death of a person on board the ship who at the time of his death was residing in the Republic, which has occurred during the voyage. |
| (2) | The proper officer shall transmit every such return received by him to the registrar or assistant registrar of births and deaths within whose area the port is situated. |
[Section 189(2) substituted by section 49 of Act No. 58 of 1970]