Malaysia legislation
Section 119
Section 119
The master of a North Borneo ship shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log book the following matters, that is to say –
(a)
every conviction by a legal tribunal of a member of his crew, and the punishment inflicted;
(b)
every offence committed by a member of his crew for which it is intended to prosecute, or to enforce a forfeiture, or to exact a fine, together with such statement concerning the copy or reading over of that entry, and concerning the reply, if any, made to the charge, as is required by this Ordinance or by the
Merchant Shipping Acts, as the case may be required;
(c)
every offence for which punishment is inflicted on board, and the punishment inflicted;
(d)
a statement of the conduct, character, and qualification of each of his crew, or a statement that he declines to give an opinion of those particulars;
(e)
every case of illness or injury happening to a member of the crew, with the nature thereof, and the medical treatment adopted, if any;
(f)
every marriage taking place on board, with the names and ages of the parties;
(g)
the name of every seaman or apprentice who ceases to be a member of the crew, otherwise than by death, with the place, time, manner, and cause thereof;
(h)
the wages due to any seaman who enters Her Majesty’s naval service during the voyage;
(i)
the wages due to any seaman or apprentice who dies during the voyage and the gross amount of all deductions to be made therefrom;
(f)
every collision with any other ship, and the circumstances under which the same occurred;
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(k)
every accident sustained or caused by the ship which has occasioned any loss of life or any serious injury to any person or any material damage to the ship affecting her seaworthiness or her efficiency in her hull, equipments, or machinery, and every grounding of the ship; and
(l)
and other matter directed by this Ordinance to be entered.
Offences in respect of official log books.