Section 210: Documents to be handed over to successor on change of master

(1)
If, during the progress of a voyage of a Nigerian ship, the master is removed, superseded or for any other reason, the master quits the ship and is succeeded in the command by any other person, the master shall deliver to his
successor the various documents, relating to the navigation of the ship and to the crew of the ship, which are in his custody.
(2)
Any master of a ship who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) of this Section, commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than two hundred thousand Naira.
(3)
The successor to every master shall, immediately on assuming the command of a ship, enter in the official log book a list ofthe documents delivered to him by his predecessor.