Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets127. Disrating of seafarer |
| (1) | Whenever the master of a South African ship disrates a seafarer he shall forthwith enter or cause to be entered in the official log-book a statement of the disrating and furnish the seafarer with a copy of the entry, and any reduction of wages consequent on the disrating shall not take effect until the entry has been so made and the copy so furnished. |
[Section 127(1) substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]
| (2) | Any reduction of wages consequent on the disrating of a seafarer shall be deemed to be a deduction from wages within the meaning of section one hundred and twenty-one. |
[Section 127(1) substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]