Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)SchedulesSecond ScheduleProtocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974AnnexChapter III : Live-Saving Appliances, etc.Part A — GeneralRegulation 25 : Muster list and emergency procedure |
| (a) | Special duties to be undertaken in the event of an emergency shall be allotted to each member of the crew. |
| (b) | The muster list shall show all the special duties and shall indicate, in particular, the station to which each member must go, and the duties that he has to perform. |
| (c) | The muster list for each passenger ship shall be in a form approved by the Administration. |
| (d) | Before the vessel sails, the muster list shall be completed. Copies shall be posted in several parts of the ship, and in particular in the crew’s quarters. |
| (e) | The muster list shall show the duties assigned to the different members of the crew in connection with— |
| (i) | the closing of the watertight doors, valves and closing mechanisms of scuppers, ash-shoots and fire doors; |
| (ii) | the equipping of the lifeboats (including the portable radio apparatus for survival craft) and the other lifesaving appliances; |
| (iii) | the launching of the lifeboat; |
| (iv) | the general preparation of the other lifesaving appliances; |
| (v) | the muster of the passengers; and(vi) the extinction of fire, having regard to the ship’s fire control plans. |
| (f) | The muster list shall show the several duties assigned to the members of the stewards’ department in relation to the passengers in case of emergency. These duties shall include— |
| (i) | warning the passengers; |
| (ii) | seeing that they are suitably clad and have put on their life-jackets in a proper manner; |
| (iii) | assembling the passengers at muster stations; |
| (iv) | keeping order in the passages and on the stairways, and, generally, controlling the movements of the passengers; and(v) ensuring that a supply of blankets is taken to the lifeboats. |
| (g) | The duties shown by the muster list in relation to the extinction of fire pursuant to subparagraph (e) (vi) of this Regulation shall include particulars of— |
| (i) | the manning of the fire parties assigned to deal with fires; |
| (ii) | the special duties assigned in respect of the operation of firefighting equipment and installations. |
| (h) | The muster list shall specify definite signals for calling all the crew to their boat, liferaft and fire stations, and shall give full particulars of these signals. These signals shall be made on the whistle or siren and, except on passenger ships on short international voyages and on cargo ships of less than 45,7 metres (150 feet) in length, they shall be supplemented by other signals which shall be electrically operated. All these signals shall be operable from the bridge. |