1[(1)] The master of every foreign-going Indian ship and
of every home-trade Indian ship of two hundred tons gross or more, the crew of which has been
engaged before a shipping master, shall, before finally leaving the port where the engagement took
place, sign and send to the nearest shipping master a full and accurate statement in the prescribed
form, of every change which has taken place in his crew, and that statement shall be admissible in
evidence.
2[(2) A copy of the statement referred to in sub-section (1) shall also be sent to the seaman's employment office concerned.]
2[(2) A copy of the statement referred to in sub-section (1) shall also be sent to the seaman's employment office concerned.]
1. Section 105 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 41 of 1984, s. 6 (w.e.f. 15-7-1985).
2. Ins. Act 41 of 1984, by s. 6 (w.e.f. 15-7-1985).