Section 133: Certificate as to agreement with crew of coasting ship

133. Certificate as to agreement with crew of coasting ship.—(1) The master or owner of a Pakistani coasting ship for which an agreement with the crew is required under this Ordinance shall, within twenty-one days after the thirtieth day of June and the thirty-first day of December in every year, or, if the ship is not at any port or place in Pakistan within that period, within forty-eight hours of her next arrival at a port or place in Pakistan, deliver to a Shipping Master in Pakistan every agreement made within the six months next preceding such days respectively. (2) The Shipping Master on receiving such agreement shall give the master or owner of the ship a certificate to that effect; and no Customs Collector shall grant a port clearance for any such ship without production of the certificate, and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without such clearance, the Customs Collector may detain her until the certificate is produced. (3) Any master or owner who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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