Section 91: Functions of superintendent

The functions of the superintendent are to:
(a)
conduct any business connected with the engagement and discharge of all persons who serve on board Nigerian Ships and all seamen who are citizens of Nigeria and serve on foreign Ships;
(b)
afford facilities for engaging and discharging seamen by keeping registers of the names and conduct of:
(i) seamen who apply to him for engagement;
(ii) seamen shipped or discharged by him;
(iii) seamen who produce continuous discharge certificates in proof of service in foreign or Nigerian Ships;
(iv) Seamen who serve in Nigerian Ships.
(c)
cause copies of the certificates referred to in paragraph (b) (iii) to be kept at his office;
(d)
perform such other duties relating to seamen, apprentices and ships as are by or in pursuance of this or any other enactment relating to shipping entrusted to him.