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

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

137. Wages not recoverable abroad except in certain cases
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If a seafarer is engaged in a South African ship for a voyage or period of service which is to terminate in the Republic he shall not be entitled to sue in any court outside the Republic for wages, unless he has been discharged, or proves such ill-usage on the part of or by the authority of the master as to warrant reasonable apprehension of danger to his life or health if he were to remain on board.

 

[Section 137 substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]