Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 142

142. Where the service of a seaman terminates before the date contemplated in the agreement by reason of his being left on sh ore at any place abroad under a certificate granted as provided by this Act of his unfitness or inability to proceed on the voyage, he shall be entitled to wages up to the time of such termination, but no t for any longer period. Wages not to accrue during refusal to work or imprisonment.