Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets121. Master to deliver account of wages |
| (1) | The master or the owner of a South African ship shall cause to be delivered to a seafarer a full and true account of his or her wages in a form approved by the Authority, on a monthly basis or in the case of a seafarer employed on board a fishing vessel, on the day of arrival in port after month end where the total period between delivery of accounts and the preceding account shall not exceed 45 days. |
[Section 121(1) substituted by section 14 of Act No. 12 of 2015]
| (2) | [Section 121(2) deleted by section 13(b) of Act No. 42 of 1969] |
| (3) | A deduction from the wages of a seafarer shall not be allowed unless it is included in the account delivered in terms of subsection (1), except in respect of a matter happening after the said delivery. |
[Section 121(3) substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]
| (4) | The master shall during the voyage enter the various matters in respect of which the deductions are made, with the amount of the respective deductions, as they occur, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall, if required, produce the book at the time of the payment of wages, and also upon the hearing before any competent authority of any complaint or question relating to that payment. |
[Section 121 substituted by section 19 of Act No. 30 of 1959]