(1) Where, during the progress of a voyage of a ship, the master is removed, superseded or for any other reasons ceases to have command or charge of the ship, and is succeeded in the command or charge of the ship, by some other person, the master shall deliver to his or her successor the certificate of registry and the various documents relating to the navigation of the ship and to the crew thereof which are in his or her custody; and if the master fails without reasonable cause to do so, he or she commits an offence.