Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
69. Compensation to seaman improperly discharged
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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, the seaman shall be entitled to receive from 433
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;
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETTE the person employing him, in addition to any wages which he has earned, due compensation for the damage caused to him by the discharge! not exceeding one month's wages and may recover that compensation as if it were wages duly earned.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
voyage
Defined · s 2"voyage", in relation to a ship, means the whole time and the whole distance when the ship is at sea between the ship's port of departure and its port of arrival;
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