Section 124
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 124
The master of every North Borneo ship and the master of every sea-going British ship the managing owners of which are resident in North Borneo and which is exempt from registry under section 3 of the Principal Act, shall, as soon as may be after the occurrence of the birth of a child or the death of a person happening on board his ship, record in his official log book or otherwise the fact of the birth or death, and such particulars as may be prescribed concerning the birth or death, or such of them as may be known to him.
(2)
The master of every ship as aforesaid shall upon her arrival at a port in North
Borneo deliver or transmit to the Director, in such form as may be prescribed a return of the facts recorded by him in respect to the birth of a child or the death of a person on board such ship.
(3)
The Director shall send a certified copy of the returns relating to such births and deaths to the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths for North Borneo, who shall cause the same to be filed and such certified copy shall be deemed to be a certified copy of a register for the purposes of Registration of Births and Deaths Ordinance [Cap. 123.].
(4)
If the master of any ship fails to comply with any requirement of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars.
Transmission of documents to Director.