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ACT XXVIII.
[A.D. 1850.
made with each sailor
before sailing of ship.
Copy of agreement
to be evidence.
How agreement is to
be produced or the
contents proved.
A.D. 1850. ACT XXVIII.
AN AcT yb?* q/* A/drcAfmi! PASSED by ^A<?
AboyzoMffzb/g ^Ac of qA o^ ^Ae
21^ 1850, w^A %Ae q/^A<? Afo-s^ AbAc ^Ae (?ovor/zor-(7o^oraJ
qf 7/^m.
FoR the encouragement and protection of merchant seamen, it is
enacted as follows:
I. The master of any vessel navigated from any port within the terri-
tories under the Government of the East-India Company, where a registrar
of seamen is or shall be appointed under Act XXVII. 1850, registered as
a British vessel under any statute of Parliament, or Act of the Governor-
General of India in Council, in force for the time being, for the registry
of British vessels, except country craft not exceeding the burden of
300 tons, employed only in coasting voyages, shall not put to sea on any
day after the first day of August, 1850, until an agreement, executed as
hereinafter provided, shall have been made by him with such of his crew
as are shipped at any port within the said territories, specifying what
wages each seaman is to receive, and the quantity and quality of provisions
he is to receive, the capacity in which each is to act or serve, and the
voyage in which the vessel is to be employed, or the length of time that
each is to serve.
II. Every such agreement shall be in the form set forth in Sche-
dule (A) annexed to this Act, or such other form as shall be from time to
time approved by the Governor-General of India in Council, and shall be
properly dated, and shall be signed by the master and the greater number
of seamen shipped at any port in the said territories, of each kind of rating
belonging to the vessel, on behalf of the crew respectively, in the presence
of the registrar of seamen, or by some one appointed by him for that
purpose, who, after hearing the agreement read over and explained to
each seaman by whom it is to be signed, in a language understood by him,
shall, if the seaman assent, cause him to put his signature or mark there-
unto, and shall attest the same by his own signature, and shall keep
recorded in his office a duplicate of such agreement executed and attested
as aforesaid. Every seaman shipped on board such vessel, and not being
an apprentice, shall be entitled to have the benefit of such agreement,
according to his rating, as if it were executed by him.
III. Every copy of such an agreement, certified by the registrar to be
a true copy, shall in all cases be taken as evidence of the contents thereof
on behalf of the seamen; and no seaman shall in any case be required
to produce such agreement, or such copy as aforesaid, or to give notice
for the production thereof; but if the agreement shall not be produced
and proved, he shall be at liberty to prove the contents or purport thereof,
ACT XXVIII.
[A.D. 1850.
made with each sailor
before sailing of ship.
Copy of agreement
to be evidence.
How agreement is to
be produced or the
contents proved.
A.D. 1850. ACT XXVIII.
AN AcT yb?* q/* A/drcAfmi! PASSED by ^A<?
AboyzoMffzb/g ^Ac of qA o^ ^Ae
21^ 1850, w^A %Ae q/^A<? Afo-s^ AbAc ^Ae (?ovor/zor-(7o^oraJ
qf 7/^m.
FoR the encouragement and protection of merchant seamen, it is
enacted as follows:
I. The master of any vessel navigated from any port within the terri-
tories under the Government of the East-India Company, where a registrar
of seamen is or shall be appointed under Act XXVII. 1850, registered as
a British vessel under any statute of Parliament, or Act of the Governor-
General of India in Council, in force for the time being, for the registry
of British vessels, except country craft not exceeding the burden of
300 tons, employed only in coasting voyages, shall not put to sea on any
day after the first day of August, 1850, until an agreement, executed as
hereinafter provided, shall have been made by him with such of his crew
as are shipped at any port within the said territories, specifying what
wages each seaman is to receive, and the quantity and quality of provisions
he is to receive, the capacity in which each is to act or serve, and the
voyage in which the vessel is to be employed, or the length of time that
each is to serve.
II. Every such agreement shall be in the form set forth in Sche-
dule (A) annexed to this Act, or such other form as shall be from time to
time approved by the Governor-General of India in Council, and shall be
properly dated, and shall be signed by the master and the greater number
of seamen shipped at any port in the said territories, of each kind of rating
belonging to the vessel, on behalf of the crew respectively, in the presence
of the registrar of seamen, or by some one appointed by him for that
purpose, who, after hearing the agreement read over and explained to
each seaman by whom it is to be signed, in a language understood by him,
shall, if the seaman assent, cause him to put his signature or mark there-
unto, and shall attest the same by his own signature, and shall keep
recorded in his office a duplicate of such agreement executed and attested
as aforesaid. Every seaman shipped on board such vessel, and not being
an apprentice, shall be entitled to have the benefit of such agreement,
according to his rating, as if it were executed by him.
III. Every copy of such an agreement, certified by the registrar to be
a true copy, shall in all cases be taken as evidence of the contents thereof
on behalf of the seamen; and no seaman shall in any case be required
to produce such agreement, or such copy as aforesaid, or to give notice
for the production thereof; but if the agreement shall not be produced
and proved, he shall be at liberty to prove the contents or purport thereof,