Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets90. Cadets |
| (1) | No person shall be employed as a cadet on board any South African ship unless he is a South African citizen or a citizen of a treaty country (other than the Republic) or a citizen of any other country whom the Authority has in its discretion and subject to any conditions which it may have imposed, permitted to be so employed, and has attained the age of sixteen years and the master of the ship undertakes to train him or cause him to be trained in navigation and seamanship or in engineering and in the duties of a ship's officer. |
[Section 90(1) substituted by section 2(2) of Act No. 5 of 1998]
| (2) | The owner or master of any such ship shall not permit the agreement with the crew to be signed by any person who is to be employed as a cadet unless he is satisfied that the provisions of subsection (1) are being complied with. |
[Section 90(2) substituted by section 3 of Act No. 3 of 1982]