Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets134. Agreement to forfeit lien for wages is void |
| (1) | A seafarer of a South African ship shall not by agreement forfeit his or her lien on the ship for his or her wages, or be deprived of any remedy for the recovery of wages to which in the absence of the agreement he or she would be entitled, or abandon his or her right to wages in the case of the loss of the ship and every stipulation in any agreement with the crew inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall be void. |
[Section 134(1) substituted by section 29(i) of Act No. 12 of 2015]
| (2) | [Section 134(2) deleted by section 26(b) of Act No. 94 of 1996] |
