MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 723



723.(1) Where any of the following officers; namely,

any officer of the Board of Trade,

any commissioned officer of any of Her Majesty's ships on full pay,

any British consular officer,

the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen or his assistant,

any chief officer of Customs in any place in Her Majesty's dominions, or

any superintendent,

(a)require the owner, master, or any of the crew of any British ship to
produce any official log-books or other documents relating to the crew or any
member thereof in their respective possession or control;

(b)require any such master to produce a list of all persons on board his ship,
and take copies of the official log-books or documents, or of any part
thereof;

(c)muster the crew of any such ship; and

(d)summon the master to appear and give any explanation concerning the ship or
her crew or the official log-books or documents produced or required to be
produced.

(2) If any person, on being duly required by an officer authorised under this
section, fails without reasonable cause to produce to that officer any such
official log-book or document as he is required to produce under this section,
[that person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds and if
any person on being so required refuses to allow such a book or document] to
be inspected or copied, or impedes any muster of the crew required under this
section, or refuses or neglects to give any explanation which he is required
under this section to give, or knowingly misleads or deceives any officer
authorised under this section to demand any such explanation, that person
shall [be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds].

Offences as to use of forms.

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 723