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Bangladesh Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1983
SECTION 131:
“ENTRIES TO BE MADE IN CONTINUOUS:
DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE AND RETURN OF
CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY TO OFFICERS ON
DISCHARGE-
(1) If a seaman is discharged from a ship in
Bangladesh, either on his discharge or on payment of
his wages, the master shall enter in the Continuous
Discharge’ Certificate of the seaman, under his
signature, particulars specifying the period of the
seaman's service and the date and place of this
discharge.
(2) The master shall, upon the discharge of every
certificated officer whose certificate of competency
has been delivered to and retained by him, return the
certificate to the officer.
(3) Ifa master acts in contravention of sub-section
(4), or fails, without reasonable cause, to return the
certificate of competency to the officer concerned as
required by sub-section (2), he shall, for each offence,
be punishable with fine which may, in the former case,
extend to one thousand taka and in the later to five
hundred taka.
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This document is the identification
of the seafarer im accordance with
the Seafares’s Identity Document
convention 1958 (No. 108) adopted
by ILO.
To verify this seamen's book,
please visit www.gso.gov.bd
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