Section 489: Power of Federal Government to cancel, suspend, etc. Certificates of master, mate

489. Power of Federal Government to cancel, suspend, etc. Certificates of master, mate or engineer.––Any certificate which has been granted by the Federal Government under this Ordinance to any master, mate or engineer may be cancelled, or for a specified period suspended, by the Federal Government in the following cases namely:— (a) if, on receipt of a report under sub-section (4) of section 471 or under sub- section (4) of section 481 the Federal Government considers cancellation or suspension necessary; or (b) if, on an inquiry made by any Court, tribunal or other authority for the time being authorised by the legislative authority in any country outside Pakistan, the Court, tribunal or other authority reports that the master, mate or engineer is incompetent or has been guilty of any gross act of misconduct, drunkenness or tyranny, or in a case of collision has failed to render assistance, or to give such information as is referred to in section 415, or that the loss, stranding or abandonment of, or damage to, any ship or loss of life has been caused by his wrongful act or default; or (c) if the master, mate or engineer is proved to have been convicted –– (i) of any offence under this Ordinance or of any non-bailable offence committed under any other law for the time being in force in Pakistan; or (ii) of an offence committed outside Pakistan, which if committed in Pakistan, would be a non-bailable offence.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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