Section 120
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 120
If an official log book required by this Chapter to be kept is not kept in the manner required by this Chapter, or if an entry directed by this Ordinance to be made therein is not made at the time and in the manner directed by this Ordinance, the master of the ship shall, in respect of each such failure to keep an official log book or to make an entry as aforesaid, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, save in respect of an offence under subsection (2) or
(3)
or under sections 74, 122, 124, 157, or 175, to a fine of one hundred dollars.
(2)
If any person makes, or procures to be made, or assists in making, any entry in an official log book as aforesaid in respect of any occurrence happening previously to the arrival of the ship at her final port of discharge more than twenty-four hours after that arrival, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
(3)
If any person wilfully destroys , mutilates or renders illegible any entry in an official log book as aforesaid, or wilfully makes or procures to be made or assists in making a false fraudulent entry in or omission from any such official log book, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for two years and a fine of five thousand dollars.
Delivery of official log books to Superintendent.