Section 247: Further provisions as to the Production of Convention Certificates

(1)
The master of a Safety Convention ship, which is not a Nigerian ship, shall produce to the collector of customs from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded in respect of an international voyage from a port in Nigeria, an Accepted Safety Convention Certificate that is the equivalent of the Safety Convention Certificate issued by the Minister under this part of this Act, required to be in force in respect of the ship if the ship were a Nigerian ship; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained until the certificate is so produced.
(2)
The production of an Accepted Safety Convention Certificate which is the equivalent of:
(a)
a qualified safety equipment certificate; or
(b)
an exemption certificate, other than a radio exemption certificate, shall not avail for the purposes of this section or section 247 of this Act unless there is produced, the corresponding exemption certificate or qualified certificate, as the case may be.