171Official log‑book

171 Official log‑book

(1) The master of a ship shall keep an official log‑book in the prescribed form and shall make, or cause to be made, such entries in that log‑book as are prescribed.

Penalty: 30 penalty units.

(4) An entry required by this Act in an official log‑book shall be: (a) made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates; (b) made and dated so as to show the date of the occurrence and of the entry respecting it.

Penalty: 30 penalty units.

(5) No person shall, more than 24 hours after the arrival of a ship at its final port of discharge, make in the official log‑book any entry of any occurrence which happened before its arrival.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(6) The regulations may make provision for or in relation to the signing of entries in the official log‑book of a ship. (7) An entry in the official log‑book of a ship is, in all courts, admissible in evidence.