Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Endorsement of change of master on certificate.

19. Where the master of a registered British ship is changed, each of the following persons; (that is to say,)

(a) if the change is made in consequence of the sentence of a naval court, the presiding officer of that court; and

(b) if the change is made in consequence of the removal of the master by a court under Part VI. of this Act, the proper officer of that court; and

(c) if the change occurs from any other cause, the registrar, or if there is none the British consular officer, at the port where the change occurs,

shall endorse and sign on the certificate of registry a memorandum of the change, and shall forthwith report the change to the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen; and any officer of customs at any port in Her Majesty’s dominions may refuse to admit any person to do any act there as master of a British ship unless his name is inserted in or endorsed on her certificate of registry as her last appointed master.