Section 181: Ship to carry medicine, etc. in accordance with scale

(1)
The owner, agent and master of a Nigerian ship of a tonnage exceeding fifteen tons shall cause to be kept on board the ship-
(a)
a supply of medicines and medical stores in accordance with the scale; and
(b)
a copy of the instructions for dispensing the medicines and medical stores as prescribed.
(2)
A ship owner, agent and master to which subsection (1) of this section applies, who wilfully refuses or neglects to provide and keep on board such medicines, medical stores and instructions as are required by this section commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand Naira.