(1) Where the Minister receives a report from a Board of Inquiry appointed under section 114, the Minister may, if it appears to him or her that any of the allegations against the seafarer are substantiated, order that the certificate or licence of the seafarer be suspended or cancelled.
(2) The Minister may order the suspension or cancellation of a certificate or licence issued under this Act if the holder is convicted by any court in Saint Lucia of an offence relating to or connected with shipping matters and in this regard the Minister may also exercise any of the powers granted to him or her under section 438.
(3) Where the Minister orders the suspension or cancellation of a certificate or licence issued under this Act, written notification of such suspension or cancellation shall be given to the person whose certificate or licence is to be suspended or cancelled, and such notice shall direct that the certificate or licence shall be delivered up to the Director at such place and at such time as indicated in the notice.
(4) Where in any case a certificate or licence is believed on reasonable grounds not to be genuine or is held by some person not entitled to it, any person authorised by this Act or any other written law to peruse the certificate or licence may impound it; and if the certificate or licence is impounded it shall be sent to the Minister who may, in his or her discretion, cause such investigations to be made as he or she thinks fit and may, subsequent to such investigations, order the suspension or cancellation of the certificate or licence.