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

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part III : Safety of navigation

222. Employment of radio officers and operators
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(1)No person shall be employed as a radio officer or operator of a radio installation on any South African ship unless he holds an appropriate certificate of proficiency issued or approved in accordance with the regulations.

[Section 222(1) substituted by section 24 of Act No. 57 of 1998]

 

(2)A person employed as a radio officer or operator on board a South African ship shall subscribe to a declaration of secrecy, which shall be in the approved form; and no person, having made the declaration, shall, either directly or indirectly, divulge to any other person unless lawfully authorized to do so, any information which he has acquired by virtue of his employment.