Section 25:
Certificates to be held by master and engineer of vessel of one hundred or more horsepower.
An inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] having engines of 2[one hundred] or more nominal
nominal horse-power shall not proceed on any voyage unless she has
(a) as her master a person possessing a first-class masters certificate granted under this
Act, or a master's 3[certificate granted or deemed to be granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
(44 of 1958)] 4[or a masters licence granted under section 22A and applicable to such vessel and
voyage], and
(b) as her engineer a person possessing an engineers certificate granted under this Act, or
granted or deemed to be granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) 5[or an
an engine-drivers licence granted under section 22A and applicable to such vessel and
voyage.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "eighty".
3. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 19, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).
4. Ins. by Act 6 of 1920, s. 5.
5. Added by s. 5, ibid.