Section 216
Delivery of official logs to shipping masters.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board to provide for the registration, certification, safety and security of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping.
The master of every ship for which an
official log book is required to be kept under this Act shall, within forty-eight hours after the ships's
arrival at her final port of destination in India or upon the discharge of the crew, whichever first
happens, deliver the official log book of the voyage to the shipping master before whom the crew is
discharged.