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(1) The functions of the Registrar of seafarers are,

(a) to conduct business connected with the engagement and discharge of

(i) a person who serves on board a Ghanaian ship, and

(ii) a Ghanaian seafarer who serves on a foreign ship;

(b) to afford facilities for engaging and discharging a seafarer by maintaining a

register of the names and conduct of

(i) seafarers who apply to the Registrar for engagement,

(ii) seafarers shipped or discharged by the Registrar,

(iii) seafarers who produce continuous discharge certificates in proof of  service in foreign or Ghanaian ships, and

(iv) seafarers who serve in Ghanaian ships;

(c) to cause copies of the certificates referred to in paragraph (b) (iii) to be kept at the Registrar's office; and

(d) to perform any other duties entrusted to the Registrar relating to seafarers, apprentices and ships in pursuance of this or any other enactment relating to shipping.

(2) A person shall not engage or recruit a Ghanaian seafarer for employment on board a Ghanaian or foreign ship, without first obtaining a licence in the prescribed form from the Authority authorising that person to engage or recruit Ghanaian seafarers for sea service.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not less than three hundred penalty units and not exceeding five hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years.