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(1) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Registrar of seafarers that a seafarer lawfully engaged in and belonging to a Ghanaian ship has wilfully or through misconduct  failed to join the ship, the Registrar may in writing direct that the seafarer's certificate of discharge should be withheld for the period specified in the direction.

(2) While a seafarer's certificate of discharge is withheld, a person who has custody of the document may, despite anything in any other enactment, refuse to furnish copies of the certificate of discharge or certified extract of the particulars of service or character.