Section 16: Registration of dock workers

(1) An application for registration as a dock worker shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board, from time to time, and shall be accompanied with the following -
(a) two passport photographs of the applicant
(b) a medical certificate of fitness issued to the applicant by a medical practitioner in any Government hospital or clinic established for dock workers;
(c) one copy of the applicant's birth certificate or statutory declaration of age.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section an applicant seeking registration as a dock worker under this Act shall satisfy the Board that -
(a) he is a person of proven integrity;
(b) he is between 18 - 35 years of age;
(c) he has not been convicted of any criminal offence in Nigeria or in any other country.
(3) An applicant who satisfies the requirements specified in subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be registered as a dock worker and issued with a registration certificate to that effect.
(4) No person, other than a registered dock worker, shall be engaged in the performance of any dock work in any of the ports specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(5) Any person who is not registered as a dock worker and who engages in any dock work in any part of the ports specified in this Act is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of six months or a fine of N5000 or to both such imprisonment and fine.
(6) Any applicant seeking registration as a dock worker under this Act who knowingly makes a false statement or produces a false document in order to procure registration as a dock worker is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of six months or a fine of N5,000 or to both such imprisonment and fine.