Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter III : Certificates of Competency, Service and Qualification78. Granting of certificates of competency and qualification after examination |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), the Authority may grant a certificate of competency or certificate of qualification, as the case may be, to every applicant who passes the examination prescribed for the certificate satisfactorily, and produces satisfactory evidence that he possesses the qualifications and satisfies such other conditions, if any, prescribed for the holder of the certificate and of his sobriety, experience, ability, physical fitness and general good conduct. |
| (2) | The Authority may, at any time before the delivery of a certificate, require a re-examination of the applicant by the examiners who made the examination or by any other examiners, and order a further enquiry into his testimonials or character or both, and if not satisfied with the result may order that a certificate be not granted to him. |
[Section 78 substituted by section 9 of Act No. 57 of 1998]