(1) The master or owner of every Saint Lucian ship which is required to carry an official log book under section 224 shall, subject to subsection (2), deliver or transmit such log book for the period covering the previous crew agreement to the Director within 7 days of the discharge of the crew and the closing of such crew agreement.
(2) Where the crew of a Saint Lucian ship referred to in subsection (1) is engaged under a running agreement as referred to in section 128 the master or owner shall deliver or transmit the official log book to the Director within 21 days of such log book being completed.
(3) A master or owner of a ship who fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section commits an offence.