Section 424: Official logs to be kept and to be dated

424. Official logs to be kept and to be dated.—(1) Except in the case of a coasting ship not exceeding a gross tonnage of two hundred and a sailing vessel or fishing vessel, an official log in the prescribed form shall be kept in every Pakistani ship and in every other ship which carries any Pakistani seamen engaged in Pakistan. (2) The official log shall be kept distinct from the ordinary ship’s log. (3) Any entry required by this ordinance in the official log-book shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates, and if not made on the same day as that occurrence, shall be made and dated so as to show the date of the occurrence and of the entry respecting it; and if made in respect of an occurrence happening before the arrival of the ship at her final port of discharge, shall not be made more than twenty-four hours after that arrival. (4) Save as otherwise provided in this Ordinance every entry in the official log-book shall be signed by the master and by the mate or some other member of the crew and also— (a) if it is an entry of illness, injury or death, shall be signed by the surgeon or medical practitioner on board, if any; and (b) if it is an entry of wages due to, or of the sale of the effects of, a seaman or apprentice who dies, shall be signed by some other member of the crew. (5) Every entry made in an official log-book in the manner provided by this Ordinance shall be admissible in evidence.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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