Engagement of Seamen
The functions of the Registrar of Seamen are—
(a) to conduct all business connected with the engagement and discharge of all persons who serve on board Saint Lucian ships and all seamen being citizens of Saint Lucia who serve on foreign ships;
(b) to afford facilities for engaging and discharging seamen by keeping registers of the names and conduct of—
(i) seamen who apply to the Registrar of Seamen for engagement,
(ii) seamen shipped or discharged by the Registrar of Seamen,
(iii) seamen who produce continuous discharge certificates in proof of service in foreign or Saint Lucian ships,
(iv) seamen who serve in Saint Lucian ships;
(c) to cause copies of the certificates referred to in paragraph (b)(iii) to be kept at the office of the Registrar of Seamen;
(d) to perform such other duties relating to seamen, apprentices and merchant ships as are by or in pursuance of this or any other written law relating to merchant shipping entrusted to him or her.