(1) If the Commanding Officer should consider and offence committed by an officer to be of such a nature as to necessitate its being recorded with a view to future reference under the provisions of clause (a) (ii) of subsection (1) of section 119 he shall cause the facts to be entered in the ship’s log and the statement which is logged shall be read by the officer who shall sign his name to it as evidence of his knowledge of the entry; and at the same time, a copy of the entry and the signature thereto shall be prepared and certified by the Commanding Officer in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 133 for production at any court-martial where the same may be required.
(2) The copy of the entry in the log book shall be filed in the commanding Officer’s office until the ship pays off, when it shall be destroyed.