Section 26:
Certificates to be held by master and engineer of vessel of between forty and one hundred horsepower.
An inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] having engines of 4[forty]
or more nominal horse-power, but of less than 2[one hundred] nominal horse-power, shall not
proceed on any voyage unless she has
(a) as her master a person possessing a second-class masters certificate granted under this Act,
or any certificate referred to in clause (a) of section 25, and
(b) as her engineer a person possessing a first-class engine-drivers certificate granted under
this Act, or an engine-drivers 3[certificate granted or deemed to be granted under the Merchant
Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958)] or any certificate referred to in clause (b) of section 25:
Provided that a 1[mechanically propelled vessel] shall be deemed to have complied with this
section if she has as her master and engineer a person possessing both a certificate referred to in
clause (a), and a certificate referred to in clause (b), of this section.
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. Subs. by Act 6 of 1920, s. 7, for "thirty".