(1) A master of a Ghanaian ship of not less than two hundred gross tons shall make and sign a list of the crew of the ship in the prescribed form containing

(a) the number and date of the ship's register and its net tonnage;

(b) the length and general nature of the voyage or employment;

(c) the names, ages and places of birth of the crew members, their ratings on board, their last ships or any other employment and the dates and places of their last ships or other employment and the dates and places of their joining the ship;

(d) the names of any of the crew who have ceased to belong to the ship, with the times, places, causes and the circumstances;

(e) the names of any members of the crew members who have been maimed or hurt, with the times, places, causes and circumstances of the injury;

(f) the wages due at the time of death to any of the crew members who is dead;

(g) particulars of the property belonging to any of the crew members who is dead, with a statement of the manner in which the property has been dealt with, and the money for which any part of it has been sold where applicable; and

(h) details of a marriage that has taken place on board, with the date and the names and ages of the parties.

(2) The list of the crew in the case of ships

(a) trading exclusively within the home trade or inland waters shall be delivered or transmitted by the master or owner to the Director-General not later than twenty-one days after the 30th day of June and after the 31st day of December in each year;

(b) other than those referred to in paragraph (a) shall be delivered or transmitted by the master to the owner of the ship who shall produce the list on demand by the Director-General or other proper officer

(i) within forty-eight hours after the arrival of the ship at its final port of destination in Ghana, or

(ii) on the discharge of the crew, whichever first happens, and the Director General or any other proper officer shall retain the list for a period of seven years after its receipt.

(3) Where a Ghanaian ship is lost or abandoned, the ship's master or owner shall, if practicable and as soon as possible, deliver to the Director-General the list of the crew duly made up to the time of loss or abandonment.

(4) In this section, "crew" includes the master and apprentices on the ship.