Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234)
Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 185
185. Every seafaring person whom the master of a ship is,
under the authority of this Act or of any other law, compelled to
take on board and convey, and every stowaway, shall, so long as he
remains in the ship, be deemed to belong to the ship and be subject
to the same laws and regulations for preserving discipline, and to
the same fines and punishments for offences constituting or tending
to constitute a breach of discipline as if he were a member of, and
had signed the agreement with, the crew.
Duties of master as
to stowaways.
Amended by:
XIII. 1983.5;
XXII. 2000.2.
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