(1) An official log book, in the prescribed form shall be kept in every Saint Lucian ship of not less than 200 gross tons, and in every Saint Lucian ship trading from and beyond Saint Lucian waters.
(2) The Minister may make Regulations prescribing—
(a) the form of official log books;
(b) the particulars to be entered in official log books;
(c) the persons by whom entries in official log books are to be made, signed or witnessed; and
(d) the procedure to be followed in the making of entries in offical log books and in the amendment or cancellation of such entries.
(3) The official log book may, at the discretion of the master, be kept distinct from or combined with the ordinary ship's log, but in all cases the spaces in the official log book shall be duly filled with entries.
(4) Any entry required to be made in an official log book—
(a) shall be made as soon as possible after the occurrence to which it relates;
(b) if it is not made on the same day as the occurrence to which it relates it shall be made and dated to show the dates of the occurrence and the entry respecting the occurrence;
(c) if it is made in respect of an occurrence happening before the arrival of the ship at her final port of discharge, it shall not be made more than 24 hours after that arrival.
(5) Every entry in the official log book shall be signed by the master and by an officer or some other member of the crew, and if it is an entry of illness, injury or death, it shall also be signed by the medical practitioner on board the ship, if any.
(6) Every entry made in an official log book in the manner provided by this Act is admissible in evidence to prove the facts stated therein.