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(1) No person shall engage or carry to sea any seafarer in any ship, unless the seafarer is in possession of seafarer's identity document. (2) The seafarer's identity document under sub-section (1) shall be issued in such form and manner and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed. [x x x x]] Inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007, Section 5. Omitted by Act 32 of 2014, S. 7 (w.e.f. 01/04/2015).