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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets

118. Leaving seafarers behind

[Section 118 heading substituted by section 29(k) of Act No. 12 of 2015]

 

No person shall cause a seafarer to be wrongfully left behind—

[Words preceding section 118(a) substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]

(a) at any place in the Republic, in the case of a ship other than a South African ship;
(b) at any place whatsoever, in the case of a South African ship.