Part XII

Legal Proceedings

Special evidential provisions

Admissibility in evidence and inspection of certain documents
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1
The following documents shall be admissible in evidence and, when in the custody of the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, shall be open to public inspection—
a
documents purporting to be submissions to or decisions by superintendents or proper officers under section 33;
b
the official log book of any ship kept under section 77 and, without prejudice to section 288(2), any document purporting to be a copy of an entry therein and to be certified as a true copy by the master of the ship;
c
crew agreements, lists of crews made under section 78 and notices given under Part III of additions to or changes in crew agreements and lists of crews;
d
returns or reports under section 108;
e
documents transmitted to the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen under section 298.
2
A certificate issued under section 47 shall be admissible in evidence.