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s 75'rr,;ro~;(lt) r

(1)

The MinisterAwith the approval of His Majesty may make regulations prescribing the procedure to be fol-lowed in connection with the discharge of seamen from reg-istered Brunei ships and for the discharge in Brunei of sea-men from ships other than registered Brunei ships.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may make provision-

(a)

requiring notice of such a discharge to be given at such time as may be specified in the reg-ulations to the Director or such other person as may be specified in the regulations, at a place spe-cified in or determined under the regulations;

(b)

requiring such a discharge to be recorded, whether by entries in the crew agreement and dis-charge book or otherwise, and requiring copies of any such entry to be given to the Director or such other person as may be specified in the regulations;

(c)

prohibiting in such cases as may be specified in the regulations, or except in such cases as may be specified in or determined under the regula-tions, the discharge of any seamen outside Brunei from a registered Brunei ship without the consent of the Director or such other person as may be specified in the regulations;

(d)

requiring that whenever any seamen is dis-charged the master of such ship shall -

(i)

give to such seaman at the time of such dis-charge a written and signed certificate of his

Merchant Shipping discharge in a form approved by the Director specifying the time and nature of his service and the time and place of his discharge; and

(ii)

make and sign in a form approved by the

Director a report of the conduct, character and qualifications of the seaman discharged or may state in the said form that he declines to give any opinion upon such particulars or upon any of them.