Section 208 in The Merchant Shipping (Shipping Office Forms) Rules, 1963
208.
(1)If during the progress of a voyage the master of any Indian ship is removed or superseded or for any other reason quits the ship and is succeeded in the command by some other person, he shall deliver to his successor the various documents relating to the navigation of the ship and the crew thereof which are in his custody.(2)Such successor shall immediately on assuming the command of the ship enter in the official log book a list of the documents so delivered to him.Transmission of documents on transfer of seaman from one ship to another
