Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 177
177. The shipping master shall keep at his office a list of the
seamen who, to the best of his knowledge and belief, have deserted
or failed to join their ships after signing an agreement to proceed to
sea in them, and shall on request show the list to a master of a ship,
and shall not be liable in respect of any entry made in good faith in
the list.
Facilities for
proving desertion
in proceedings for
forfeiture of
wages.
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