Section 429: Grounds for cancellation or suspension of certificate

(1)
The Marine Board may cancel or suspend the certificate of any officer of a Nigerian ship-
(a)
if the Marine Board finds that the loss or abandonment of, or serious damage to, any ship, or loss of life, was caused by the officer's wrongful act or default; or
(b)
if the Marine Board finds that the officer is incompetent, or has been guilty of any gross act of misconduct, drunkenness or tyranny, or that, in case of collision, the officer has failed to render such assistance or give such information as is required by this Act.
(2)
Where any case before the Marine Board involves a question as to the cancellation or suspension of a certificate, the Board shall, at the conclusion of the case or as soon afterwards as possible, state in open court the decision to which it has come with respect to the cancellation or suspension of the certificate.
(3)
Any officer of a Nigerian ship whose certificate is cancelled or suspended in pursuance of this Act shall, on the demand of the Marine Board or, if it is not demanded by that board, deliver the certificate to the Minister or to such other person as the Minister directs.
(4)
Any officer who fails to deliver his cancelled certificate as provided under subsection (1) of this section, commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than fifty thousand Naira.
(5)
The Marine Board shall, in all cases, send a full report of the case with the evidence to the Minister, and shall, where it determines to cancel or suspend any certificate, send the certificate cancelled or suspended to the authority by whom the certificate was granted.
(6)
A certificate shall not be cancelled or suspended by the Marine Board under this section unless the holder of the certificate is furnished with a copy of the report or a statement of the case on which the investigation or inquiry was ordered at the commencement of the investigation or inquiry.