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The master of a ship for which an official log book is kept shall, subject to the Regulations made under section 206, enter or cause to be entered in the official log book particulars of

(a) every conviction by a Court of a member of the crew and the punishment imposed;

(b) every offence committed by a member of the crew for which it is intended to prosecute or to make a forfeiture or to impose a fine, together with the statement concerning the furnishing of a copy, or reading over, of the entry and concerning the reply made to the charge, as required by this Act;

(c) every offence for which punishment is imposed on board, and the nature of the punishment imposed;

(d) every case of illness or injury that happens to a member of the crew, with

the nature and the medical treatment given;

(e) every refusal of a member of the crew to take antiscorbutic or medicines;

(f) every birth and every death which occurs and when it occurs;

(g) every marriage that takes place on board, with the names and ages of the parties

(h) the name of every seafarer who ceases to be a member of the crew otherwise than by death, with the place, time, manner and cause of it;

(i) the wages due to a seafarer who dies during the voyage, and the gross amount of the deductions to be made from those wages;

(j) the sale of effects of a seafarer who dies during the voyage, with a statement of

each article sold and the sum received from the sale;

(k) every collision with any other ship and the circumstances in which it occurred;

(I) the date and the time of the display in the ship of a notice containing particulars of the ship's draught and freeboard; and

(m) any matter directed by this Act or the Regulations made under it to be entered.