Section 236: Modification of Safety Convention certificates in respect of lifesaving appliances.

(1) If, on any international voyage, a Nigerian passenger ship in respect of which a safety certificate is in force has on board a total number of persons less than the number stated in that certificate to be the number for which the lifesaving appliances on the ship provide, the Minister may, at the request of the master of the ship, issue a memorandum stating the total number of persons carried on the ship on that voyage, and the consequent modification which may be made for the purpose of that voyage in the particulars with respect to life saving appliances stated in the certificate, and that memorandum shall be annexed to the certificate
(2) The master of the ship in respect of which any memorandum is issued shall return the memorandum to the Minister at the end of the voyage to which it relates and if it is not so returned, the master of the ship commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than two hundred thousand Naira.