Section 219: Ships to be surveyed annually

(1)
The owner of a Nigerian ship or coastal trade and inland water ship, shall, except this Act otherwise provides, cause the ship to be surveyed in the manner provided in this part of this Act, at least once every year.
(2)
If the ship referred to in subsection (1) of this section is, during the whole of the last month of any annual period prescribed, absent from Nigeria, the owner shall cause the ship to be surveyed within one month from the date on which the ship next returns to a Nigerian port.