Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets

125. Decision by proper officer on question as to wages
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Whenever a question as to wages is raised between the owner or master of a South African ship and a seafarer, and the parties concerned agree in writing to submit such matter for adjudication to a proper officer, he may hear and decide the question so submitted, and his decision shall be final.

 

[Section 125 substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]