Section 47

The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan, make regulations -

{a) requiring ships to carry such number of qualified officers of any description, qualified doctors and such number of qualified or other seamen of any description as may be specified in the regulations; and

{b) prescribing standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied (subject to any exemptions allowed by or under the regulations) by officers and other seamen of any description in order to be qualified for the purposes of this section.

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph {b) of subsection (1), the conditions prescribed or specified under that paragraph may include conditions as to nationality and regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph may make provisions for -

{a) the manner in which the attainment of any standard or the satisfaction of any other condition is to be evidenced;

(bj the conduct of any examination, the conditions for admission to the examination and the appointment and remuneration of examiners; and

{c) the issue, surrender, replacement, form and recording of certificates and other documents.

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Prohibition of going to sea undermanned.