Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 141

141. (1) Where by reason of the wreck or loss of the ship on which a seaman is employed his service terminates before the da te contemplated in the agreement, he shall, subject to the provisi ons of this article, be entitled, in respect of each day on which h e is in fact unemployed during a period of two months from the date of the termination of the service, to r eceive wages at the rate to whi ch he was entitled at that date. (2) A seaman shall not be entitled to receive wages under this article if the owner shows that the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship, and shall not be entitled to rec eive wages under this article in respect of any day if the owner sho ws that the seaman was able to obtain suitable employment on that day. (3) In this article "seaman" includes every person employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship but, in the case of a ship which is a fishing boat, does not include any person who is ent itled to be remunerated only by a share in the profits or the gross earnings of the working of the boat. Termination of service by illness, etc.