Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets155. Receiving distressed seafarer on ships |
[Section 155 heading substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]
| (1) | The master of a South African ship shall receive on board his ship and afford passage and maintenance to all distressed seafarers whom he is required by a proper officer to take on board his ship, and shall during the passage provide every such distressed seafarer with accommodation equal to that normally provided for the crew of the ship and subsistence, proper to the rank or rating of the said distressed seafarer. |
[Section 155(1) substituted by section 29(k) of Act No. 12 of 2015]
| (2) | Every distressed seafarer who is taken on board a ship in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) shall so long as he remains in the ship be deemed to belong to the ship and be subject to the same laws and regulations for preserving discipline as if he were a member of the crew and had signed the agreement with the crew. |
| (3) | The master of a ship shall not be required to receive on board his ship a distressed seafarer in terms of this section, if the proper officer is satisfied that accommodation is not and cannot be made available for such seafarer. |
[Section 155 substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]