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

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

126. Payment of seafarers in currency other than that mentioned in agreement
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If a seafarer has agreed with the master of a South African ship for payment of his wages in South African or any other currency, payment of or on account of such wages, if made in any other currency than that stated in the agreement, shall be made at the rate of exchange in force at the time when and at the place where the payment is made.

 

[Section 126 substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]