(1) A Surveyor of Ships shall make such returns as the Director requires, with respect to—
(a) surveys and inspections of ships;
(b) inspections and survey of the machinery, equipment and cargo of ships including the loading of ships, carried out under this Act; and
(c) any other details of ships as may be prescribed.
(2) Every owner, master and engineer of any ship surveyed by a Surveyor of Ships or other maritime officer shall, on demand, give to the Surveyor or maritime officer such information and assistance as the Surveyor or maritime officer may reasonably require for the purpose of making any return under subsection (1).
(3) Any owner, master or engineer of a ship who, after demand by a Surveyor of Ships or other maritime officer, fails without reasonable cause to give information or assistance under subsection (2) commits an offence and on summary conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding $1,000.