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478 PDFTitle:MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) ORDINANCEGazette Number:23 of 1998 s. 2
Section:7Heading:Register of seafarersVersion Date:01/07/1997
Remarks:

Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2

(1) The Superintendent shall establish and maintain a register of seafarers who either-

        (a) are employed in sea-going ships or coastal-going ships; or (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)
        (b) desire to be employed in sea-going ships or coastal-going ships and in respect of whom the Superintendent is of the opinion that they will obtain their principal means of livelihood from employment in such ships. (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)
(2) The register shall be kept in the Office.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the register shall be kept in such form and manner as the Superintendent thinks fit.
(4) The register shall be kept in 2 parts, being-
        (a) Part I, containing the names of all seafarers who either-
          (i) are employed in sea-going ships; or (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)
          (ii) desire to be employed in sea-going ships and in respect of whom the Superintendent has the opinion referred to in subsection (1)(b); and (Amended 23 of 1998 s. 2)
        (b) Part II, containing the names of all seafarers who either-
          (i) are employed in coastal-going ships; or
          (ii) desire to be employed in coastal-going ships and in respect of whom the Superintendent has the opinion referred to in subsection (1)(b).
(5) The Superintendent may remove from the register the name of any seafarer who has, subsequent to his registration, become employed in a ship in any capacity referred to in paragraph (a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition of "seafarer" in section 2(1).
(Enacted 1995)