Merchant Shipping Act : Restrictions on suits for wages. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Restrictions on suits for wages.

146. Restrictions on suits for wages. A proceeding for the recovery of wages due to a seaman or apprentice shall not be instituted by or on behalf of any seaman or apprentice in any civil court except where-- (a) the owner of the ship has been declared insolvent; (b) the ship is under arrest or sold by the authority of any court; (c) 1*[a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or a Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be] refers a claim to the court.