Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)RegulationsMerchant Shipping (Seamen's Documents) Regulations, 20005. Certificate of discharge |
| (1) | When a seaman who has signed the agreement with the crew or who has entered into a contract of service is discharged from a South African ship, the master shall complete a certificate of discharge in one of the spaces provided in the record book issued to the seaman, and shall enter in such discharge all the particulars for the recording of which spaces are provided. |
| (2) |
| (a) | Where a seaman is, for whatever reason, not in possession of a record book, the master shall issue to the seaman an interim certificate of discharge in the form set out in Annex 2. |
| (b) | The particulars appearing in an interim certificate of discharge shall, as soon as conveniently possible, be entered in the seaman's record book by a proper officer, whereupon the interim certificate shall be surrendered to that officer. |
| (3) | In subregulations (1) and (2), reference to a record book shall, in relation to a seaman holding a document containing substantially the same information as a record book, issued by or under the authority of the government of another country, be taken to include reference to such a document. |