Section 138
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 138
No certificate shall be held to be in force for the purposes of this Part beyond a period of one year from the date of its issue or any shorter time specified in the certificate; and no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent or master of the ship to which the same relates that he has cancelled the same:
Provided that, if any ship is absent from North Borneo at the time of expiry of any certificate granted, no penalty shall be incurred under this section until the ship commences a voyage after its next return to North Borneo.
(2)
The Director may require any certificate which has expired or has been cancelled to be delivered up as he directs, and every owner, agent or master who, without reasonable excuse, refuses or neglects to comply with such requirement shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
Governor may cancel certificate and require fresh declaration.