Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
80. Continued or concerted disobedience, neglect of duty etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
If a seaman employed on a ship-
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;
(aj persistently and wilfully neglects his duty;
(bj persistently and wilfully disobeys lawful commands; or
{c) combines with other seamen employed on the ship-
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;
to disobey lawful commands which are required to be obeyed at a time while the ship is at sea;
to neglect any duty which is required to be discharged at such time; or
to impede, at such a time, the progress of a voyage or the navigation of the ship, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding
$5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
For the purposes of this section, a ship shall be treated as being at sea at any time when it is not securely moored in a safe berth.
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;
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;
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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