Wreck and Salvage Act, 1996 (Act No. 94 of 1996)

Section 135 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951, is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1) The following provisions shall apply to wages [and salvage] due to or to become due to a seaman or apprentice-officer of a South African ship:

(a)        They shall not be liable to attachment or subjected to any form of execution under a judgment or order of any court;

(b)        an assignment or hypothecation thereof shall not bind the person making the same;

(c)        a power of attorney or authority for the receipt thereof shall not be irrevocable; and

(d)        [a] the payment of wages [or salvage] to a seaman or apprentice-officer shall be valid in law, notwithstanding any previous assignment or hypothecation of those wages [or salvage], or any attachment of or execution upon those wages [or salvage].”.