Section 115: Maintenance of list or register of young persons in a ship and penalty for failure

115. Maintenance of list or register of young persons in a ship and penalty for failure to maintain or produce for inspection register of such persons.—(1) There shall be included in every agreement with the crew of every ship whether a Pakistani ship or not which engages young persons in Pakistan a list of young persons who are members of the crew, together with particulars of the dates of their birth, and, in the case of any ship where there is no agreement, the master shall maintain a register of young persons with particulars of the dates of their birth and of the dates on which they became or ceased to be members of the crew. (2) The shipping Master may require the master of any ship where there is no such agreement as aforesaid to produce for inspection the register maintained under sub-section (1). (3) If any master fails to maintain the register required to be maintained under sub-section (1), or refuses or neglects to produce such register for inspection when required so to do under sub-section (2), 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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