The master of every South African ship shall enter into an agreement on behalf of the employer (in this Act called the agreement with the crew) with every seafarer whom the master engages to serve in that ship: Provided that the proper officer may refuse to allow the engagement of a seafarer-
(a) who has not completed any period of pre-sea training that may be prescribed; or
(b) who does not possess a knowledge of one of the official languages of the Republic sufficient to enable him to understand fully any necessary orders given him in that language in the performance of his duties.
