(1) The Minister may make Regulations requiring Ghanaian ships to carry such medicines, medical stores, appliances and books containing instructions and advice, as may be specified in the Regulations.

(2) The owner and master of every ship shall ensure that the ship carries medicines, medical stores, appliances and books in accordance with the scales laid down in Regulations made under subsection (1).

(3) Where a surveyor or other officer of the Authority is of the opinion that the medicines, medical stores, appliances and books on a Ghanaian ship are deficient in quantity or quality or are placed in improper receptacles, the surveyor shall give notice of this in writing to the master, owner or agent of the ship, and the ship may be detained.