Section 206: Official log book to be sent to Registrar of ship on transfer or loss of ship

(1)
Where, by reason of transfer of ownership or change of employment of a Nigerian ship, the official log book ceases to be required in respect of the ship or to be required at the same date, the master or owner of the ship shall, if the ship is in Nigeria, within one month and if it is elsewhere, within six months after the cessation, deliver or transmit to the Registrar of ships the official log book duly made out at the time of the cessation.
(2)
If a Nigerian ship is lost or abandoned, the master or owner of the ship shall if practicable, and as soon as possible, deliver or transmit to the Registrar of ships the official log book duly made out at the time of the loss or abandonment.
(3)
The master or owner of the ship referred to in subsections (1) and (2) of this Section shall inform the Seafarer Services Office of the transfer or change of employment or loss or abandonment of the ship.
(4)
The owner or master of a ship who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with any requirement of this section commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand Naira.