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IN exercise of the powers
conferred on the Secretary
responsible for Shipping by
section 308 of the Merchant
Shipping Act, 1963 (Act 183) this
Rule is made this 16th day of
March, 1988.
E.I. 14 Amended.
The Ghana Seamen’s Employment and
Welfare Board Rules, 1974 (E.I.
77) are hereby amended as follows—
(a) by the substitution for
sub-rule (1) of Rule 14 thereof of
the following new sub-rule:
“Penalty for Unlawful Employment
of Seamen
14. (1) Except in an emergency
any ship owner who employs any
seamen in Ghana without
directing such employment through
the appropriate Employment Centre
shall be guilty of an offence and
liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding ˘5,000.00 or to
imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months or to both in
respect of each seaman unlawfully
engaged”;
(b) by the substitution for
sub-rule (2) of Rule 19 thereof of
the following new sub-rule:
“(2) Any Master or other officer
who refuses to assist the
Employment Centre Superintendent
or his representative as required
under sub-rule (1) of this Rule
shall be guilty of an offence and
on summary conviction be liable to
a fine not exceeding ˘500.00.”
E. O. DONKOR
P.N.D.C. Secretary for Transport
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