Section 210: Entries and certificates of desertion abroad — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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210. Entries and certificates of desertion abroad.—(1) In every case of desertion from a Pakistani ship whilst she is at any place outside Pakistan the master shall make in the official log book an entry of the desertion which shall be signed by him and also by a mate or one of the crew and shall produce the entry to the Pakistan consular officer who shall thereupon make and certify a copy of the entry. (2) The master shall forthwith transmit such copy to the Shipping Master at the port at which the seaman was shipped, and the Shipping Master shall if required, cause the same to be produced in any legal proceeding. (3) Such copy, if purporting to be so made and certified as aforesaid, shall, in any legal proceeding relating to such desertion, be admissible in evidence.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 209: Report of desertion and absence without leave Section 211: Facilities for proving desertion in proceeding for forfeiture of wages Section 208: General offences against discipline.––If an officer, seaman or an apprentice commits Section 212: Application of forfeiture Section 207: Power of Court to order offender to be taken on board ship.––Where an Section 213: Decisions of questions for forfeiture and deductions in suits for wages.––Any

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