Print Options

(1) Where, by reason of transfer of ownership or change of employment of a ship, the official log book ceases to be required in respect of the ship, the master or owner of the ship shall if the ship is then in Ghana, within one month or if it is elsewhere, within six months, after such cessation, deliver or transmit to the Director-General the official log book and the agreement with the crew duly made out up to the time of the cessation.

(2) Where a ship is lost or abandoned, the master or owner shall if practicable and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the Director-General the official log book duly made out up to the time of the loss or abandonment.

(3) The owner or master of a ship who fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or to both.