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

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

175. Desertion
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(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of section three hundred and fifty-five, no seafarer engaged on or belonging to a treaty ship shall without reasonable cause—

[Words preceding section 175(1)(a) substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]

(a)at a port in the Republic, in the case of a treaty ship other than a South African ship; or

[Section 175(1)(a) substituted by section 28 of Act No. 40 of 1963]

(b)at any place whatsoever, in the case of a South African ship,

absent himself from his ship with the intention of not returning thereto.

[Section 175(1) substituted by section 46 of Act No. 69 of 1962]

 

(2)Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) shall be guilty of desertion.

 

(3)No person shall knowingly harbour or secrete a seafarer who has contravened or is contravening the provisions of subsection (1).

[Section 175(3) substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]