Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Wages and other property of seaman or apprentice left behind.
122. Wages and other property of seaman or apprentice left behind. (1) If a seaman or apprentice is left behind, the master shall enter in the official log book a statement of the amount due to the seaman or apprentice in respect of wages at the time when he was left behind and of all property left on board by him, and shall take such property into his charge. 463 (2) Within forty-eight hours after the arrival of the ship at the port in India at which the voyage terminates, the master shall deliver to the shipping master-- (a) a statement of the amount due to the seaman or apprentice in respect of wages, and of all property left on board by him ; and (b) a statement, with full particulars, of any expenses that may have been caused to the master or owner of the ship by the absence of the seaman or apprentice, where the absence is due to a contravention by the seaman or apprentice of section 191; and, if required by the shipping master to do so, shall furnish such vouchers as are reasonably required to verify the statements. (3) The master shall at the time when he delivers the statements referred to in sub-section (2) to the shipping master also deliver to him the amount due to the seaman or apprentice in respect of wages and the property that was left on board by him, and the shipping master shall give to the master a receipt therefor in the prescribed form. (4) The master shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the wages or property referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (2) such expenses shown in the statement referred to in clause (b) of that sub- section as appear to the shipping master to be properly chargeable.
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