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in effect until the Superintendent exercises,

in relation to that seaman, any of the powers

conferred on the Superintendent under

subsection (1) or (2) of section 18.

Suspension on medical grounds.

178. (1) The Superintendent may require

any seaman, whose name appears on the

register and whose registration is not for

the time being suspended for any other

reason, to undergo, within a specified period

of time, such medical examinations as to his

fitness for service in foreign-going ships

as the Authority may, after consultation

with the Advisory Board, specify in general

directions to the Superintendent.

(2) The Superintendent may suspend the

registration of any seaman who, having been

required under subsection (1) to undergo a

medical examination, fails to pass such

examination within the time specified.

(3) The Superintendent shall, where

under subsection (2) he has suspended the

registration of a seaman whose name appears

in Part IV of the register, whether or not

the name of the seaman also appears in

Part I of the register, forthwith give

notice in writing thereof to every person

in respect of whom the name of the seaman

appears in Part IV of the register.