ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Merchant Shipping Act
118. Functions of Registrar of Seafarers
Edition: 2023-12-11 · In force
118. Functions of Registrar of Seafarers
(1)The functions of the Registrar of Seafarers shall be to—(a)conduct all business connected with the engagement and discharge of all persons who serve onboard Kenyan ships and all seafarers being nationals of Kenya who serve on foreign ships;(b)afford facilities for engaging and discharging seafarers by maintaining registers of the names and conduct of—(i)seafarers who apply to him for engagement;(ii)seafarers shipped or discharged by him;(iii)seafarers who produce continuous discharge certificates in proof of service in foreign or Kenyan ships;(iv)seafarers who serve in Kenyan ships;(c)cause copies of the certificates referred to in paragraph (b)(iii) to be kept at his office;(d)perform such other duties relating to seafarers, apprentices and ships as are by or in pursuance of this or any other enactment relating to shipping entrusted to him.(2)The Director-General may appoint such persons as he thinks fit as Assistant Registrars of Seafarers who shall perform their duties under the direction of the Registrar of Seafarers.(3)No person shall, either as principal or as agent, engage or recruit a Kenyan seafarer for employment on board a Kenyan or foreign ship, without first obtaining a licence in the prescribed form from the Authority authorizing such person to engage or recruit Kenyan seafarers for sea service.(4)Any person who contravenes subsection (3) commits an offence and, upon conviction, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.