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Regulation 22 Production of discharge books

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(1)

The holder of a discharge book shall produce it on demand at any time—

(a)

to a superintendent, a proper officer, the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen or an official of the Merchant Navy Establishment Administration;

(b)

to his employer and to the master of the ship in which the holder is employed; and

(c)

to any other person authorised by regulation 20 to make an entry in it, for the purpose of making that entry.

(2)

The holder of a discharge book who fails to produce it when required to do so in accordance with this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)

A person to whom a discharge book is produced shall return it to the holder as soon as practical after the entry has been made or any inspection of it.