Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 145

145. If a seaman, having signed an agreement, is discharged otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof before the commencement of the voyage or before one month’s wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying that discharge, and without his consent, he shall be entitled to receive from the m aster or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned, due compensation for any damage caused to him by the discharge not exceeding one month’s wages, and that compensation shall be treated as if it were wages duly earned. 78 CAP. 234.] MERCHANT SHIPPING Restriction on assignment of, and charge upon, wages.   Cap. 12.