(1) Any person may, on application to the Registrar of Ships during the hours of his or her official attendance, and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, inspect any register book.
(2) The following documents shall be admissible in evidence—
(a) any register book required to be kept or maintained under this Act, on its production from the custody of the Registrar of Ships or other person having the lawful custody thereof;
(b) a certificate of registry or a licence issued under this Act, and signed by the Registrar of Ships or a proper officer;
(c) an endorsement on a certificate of registry or on a licence signed by the Registrar of Ships or a proper officer;
(d) every declaration made in pursuance of this Act in respect of a Saint Lucian ship.
(3) A copy or transcript of the register book of a Saint Lucian ship kept by the Registrar of Ships shall be admissible in evidence and have the same effect to all intents as the original register book of which it is a copy or transcript.