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

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

149. Property of deceased seafarer left abroad but not on board ship
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[Section 149 heading substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]

 

If a seafarer of a South African ship, the voyage of which is to terminate in the Republic, dies at any place out of the Republic, leaving any money or other property not on board the ship to which he belonged at the time of his death, the proper officer at or near that place shall claim and take charge of such money and other property, and such money and other property shall be deemed to be the property of a deceased seafarer within the meaning of this Chapter.

 

[Section149 substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]