Section 132: Certificates as to agreements with crew of foreign going and home trade

132. Certificates as to agreements with crew of foreign going and home trade ships.—(1) In the case of a Pakistani foreign going ship or a Pakistani home trade ship, on the due execution of an agreement with the crew in accordance with this ordinance, and also when, in the case of a Pakistani foreign going ship, the agreement is a running agreement, on compliance by the master, before the second and every subsequent voyage made after the first commencement of the agreement with the provisions of this Ordinance respecting that agreement, the Shipping Master shall grant the master of the ship a certificate to that effect. (2) The master of every such ship as aforesaid shall, before proceeding to sea, produce that certificate to the Customs Collector whose duty is to grant a port clearance. (3) No Customs Collector shall clear any such ship outwards without production of such certificate; and, if any ship attempts to go to sea without a clearance, the Custom Collector may detain her until the certificate is produced. (4) The master of such ship shall within forty-eight hours after the ship’s arrival at the port or place where the crew is to be discharged deliver such agreement to a Shipping Master at that port or place; and the Shipping Master shall thereupon give to the master a certificate to that effect; and no Customs Collector shall clear any such ship in wards without the production of such certificate. (5) If any master fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with any of the provisions of this section, he 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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