38. Employment of seamen

No person other than an employer shall engage a seaman.

No employer shall engage a seaman and no seaman shall accept employment on board any vessel except in accordance with regulations made under section 40.

No employer shall enter into arrangements with any seaman to transport him outside Brunei Darussalam for the purpose of engagement in contravention of regulations made under section 40.

For the purpose of this Part, "employer" includes the shipowner, charterer or operator, the agent of the shipowner, charterer or operator and the master of the vessel.