Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
52. Employment of seamen
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No person other than an employer shall engage a seaman.
seaman
"seaman" includes every person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of the ship, other than- (a} the master of the ship; (b) a pilot; or (c) a person temporarily employed on the ship in port;
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No employer shall engage a seaman and no seaman shall accept employment on board any ship except in accordance with regulations made under
ship
"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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section 54.
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 54.
For the purposes of this Part, "employer" includes the shipowner, charterer or operator, the agent of the shipowner, charterer or operator and the master of the ship.
master
"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
Penalty for employment of seamen in contravention of section 52 or regulations made under section 54.
Terms defined in s 2
master
Defined · s 2"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
seaman
Defined · s 2"seaman" includes every person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a ship on the business of the ship, other than- (a} the master of the ship; (b) a pilot; or (c) a person temporarily employed on the ship in port;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
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