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

Regulations

(1)	If a candidate's conduct during qualifying service was unsatisfactory, the Authority:

(a)	may refuse the application for certification; and

(b)	the examiner may require that the candidate perform a further period of qualifying service, not exceeding 24 months, before reapplying for the certification concerned.

(2)	For the purpose of these regulations, "unsatisfactory conduct" means:

(a)	signing a crew agreement and failing, without reasonable excuse, to join the ship concerned.

(b)	absence without leave, or desertion, from a ship.