Section 138: Power to board ships and muster seamen — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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138. Power to board ships and muster seamen.—(1) For the purpose of preventing seamen from being taken on board any ship at any port in Pakistan contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, any Shipping Master or Deputy Shipping Master may enter at any time on board any such ship upon which he has reason to believe that seamen have been shipped, and may muster and examine the seamen employed therein. (2) If the master or any other person obstructs any Shipping Master or Deputy Shipping Master in the execution of his duty under this section, he shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 137: Power to prohibit engagement of specified Pakistani seamen.–– The Federal Section 139: Forged seamen’s service book.–– If any person who Section 136: List of crew to be furnished to Shipping Master Section 140: Discharge of seamen before Shipping Master Section 135: Alteration in agreement with the crew.––Every erasure, interlineations or alteration in Section 141: Entries to be made in seamen’s service book and return of certificates of

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