(1) The master of a ship registered in Saint Lucia shall, upon arrival at a port or at such other time and place as the Director may, with respect to any ship or class of ships direct, deliver to the Director or proper officer, in the prescribed form, a return of the facts relating to births and deaths which the master is required by section 225 to record.
(2) In respect of any death recorded pursuant to subsection (1) the master shall notify such death to such person, if any, as the deceased may have named as his or her next-of-kin.
(3) When a return referred to in subsection (1) is made elsewhere than Saint Lucia the proper officer shall send a certified copy of the return to the Director.