Merchant Shipping Act : Report of desertions and absences without leave. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Report of desertions and absences without leave.

197. Report of desertions and absences without leave. Whenever any seaman engaged outside India on an Indian ship deserts or otherwise absents himself in India without leave, the master of the ship shall, within forty-eight hours of discovering such desertion or absence, report the same to the shipping master or to such other officer as the Central Government specifies in this behalf, unless in the meantime, the deserter or absentee returns.