Section 96: Continuous discharge book
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96. Continuous discharge book
(1) The Superintendent of Shipping may, on application, issue to a seafarer engaged for service on a Mauritius ship, a book, referred to in this section as “the continuous discharge book”, which shall contain a continuous
record of service of the seafarer.
(2) The master of a Mauritius ship shall, on the discharge of a seafarer
from the ship, make an entry in the continuous discharge book of the seafarer stating the period of the seafarer’s service on that ship and the time
and place of his discharge, and sign the entry.
(3) An entry made under subsection (2) shall not contain any statement
as to the wages, quality of work or character of the seafarer.
(4) The holder of a continuous discharge book shall produce or surrender
it on demand to the Superintendent of Shipping or the proper officer, as the
case may be, in such circumstances as may be stipulated by the Director.
(5) The Director may order a seafarer to surrender a continuous discharge
book in consequence of a recommendation to that effect made by a disciplinary body or a Board of Inquiry acting pursuant to the relevant provisions of
this Act.
(6) The Director may, where a particular case so warrants, re-issue a
continuous discharge book that has been surrendered in the circumstances
referred to in subsection (5).
PART V – SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
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