Merchant Shipping Act : Meaning of serving seaman. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Meaning of serving seaman.

178. Meaning of serving seaman. A seaman shall, for the purposes of these provisions, be deemed to be a serving seaman during any period commencing on the date of the agreement with the crew and ending thirty days after the date on which the seaman is finally discharged from such agreement.