Section 33: Endorsement of change of master on certificate

(1)
Where the master of a ship registered in any foreign country is changed in consequence of the removal of the master by a marine court under this Act, the court shall cause a memorandum of the change to be endorsed on the certificate of registration of the ship and cause a copy of the endorsement to be transmitted to the Agency.
(2)
Where the master of a ship registered in Nigeria is changed while the ship is at a port in Nigeria for any cause other than that mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, the Registrar at the port, or, if there is no Registrar at the port, the Registrar at the ship's port of registry, shall endorse and sign a memorandum of the change on the ship's certificate of registry.
(3)
Where the master of a ship registered in Nigeria is changed while the ship is at a port out of Nigeria, the appropriate officer at the port shall endorse and sign a memorandum of the change on the ship's certificate of registry but if the change occurs in consequence of the removal of the master of the ship by a competent court
in a foreign country, or in consequence of the sentence of a competent naval court constituted under the law of a foreign country the court shall cause a memorandum of the change to be endorsed on the ship's certificate of registry.
(4)
Where any Registrar, not being the Registrar at the ship's port of registry, or any appropriate officer, makes an endorsement under this section, he shall immediately notify the Registrar at the ship's port of registry.
(5)
The owner of a power driven craft of not less than 15 gross tons operating solely on inland waters shall, from time to time, keep a continuous record of the persons in charge of that craft and the engines of the craft and the record shall contain the name, address and certificate number of the said person and the dates when he assumed command and left the craft.
(6)
The owner shall produce such record at any time on demand by any officer of the Minister, and any owner who fails to comply with this subsection commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than twenty thousand Naira.