Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Crew Matters
89. Official and other logbooks
Feedback & supportExcept as provided by regulations made under this section, an official logbook and such other logbooks as may be prescribed in the regulations must be kept in every ship.
ship
“ship” means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes —(a)a barge, lighter or other floating vessel;(b)an air-cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water; and(c)an off-shore industry mobile unit;
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the particulars to be entered in the logbooks, the persons by whom such entries are to be made, signed or witnessed, and the procedure to be followed in the making of such entries and their amendment or cancellation.
Regulations may require the production or delivery of the logbooks to such persons, in such circumstances and within such times as may be specified therein.
A person who wilfully destroys, mutilates or renders illegible any entry in any logbook, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.