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ACT XXVIII.
[A.D. 1850.
Master to give lists
and particulars of sea-
men engaged to regis-
trar,
and receive a cer-
tificate.
Penalty.
Registrar may enter
ships and examine sea-
men.
Penalty for obstruc-
tion.
How registrar may
stay port-clearance
when this Act is be-
lieved to have been
evaded.
Master to pay sea-
men within seven days
Penalty.
Howwagesduetoa
deceased seaman are to
be disposed of.
X. The master of every such vessel, before leaving any port of registry,
shall deliver to the registrar a list, signed by himself, of the name of every
seaman engaged by him in the territories under the Government of the
East-India Company (including apprentices), with their rating and the
number of their register-tickets, according to such form as shall be from
time to time approved by the Governor-General of India in Council; and
if he shall not have engaged any seaman within the said territories, the
master shall deliver to the registrar a certificate of the fact signed by
himself; and on receiving the said list or certificate, and on being satisfied
of its truth, the registrar shall give to the master a certificate under his
hand, that the master of such vessel has complied with the regulations of
the registry office. Every master of any such vessel who shall leave a port
of registry without delivering such list or certificate as aforesaid, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred rupees.
XI. For the purpose of preventing any seamen from being shipped on
board of any vessel in any port of registry, contrary to the provisions of
this Act, the registrar of the port, by himself or his agents, in a peaceable
manner, may enter at any time on board of any such vessel, and muster
and examine the several seamen employed therein; and any person who
shall obstruct the said registrar or his agents in such duty shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding one hundred rupees.
XII. In cases when the registrar shall have reason to believe that any
of the provisions of this Act have been evaded or neglected by the master,
owner, or agent of any ship about to go to sea, the registrar, by a writing
under his hand, may stay the grant of a port-clearance by the master
attendant; and every master attendant shall comply with the written
requisition of the registrar in this respect.
XIII. The master of every such vessel, on which any seaman engaged
under this Act may be serving, shall, within seven days after the arrival
of such vessel at the port where the voyage ends, or after the end of the
service, according to the agreement entered into, in accordance with this
Act, pay or cause to be paid to such seamen the wages remaining due to
them for their services, taking a receipt from each man for the amount
paid to him, either separately or on a general list, which receipt shall be
certified by the chief or second officer, or other credible witness, and
otherwise shall be of no force or validity.
XIV. Every master or owner who shall neglect or refuse to pay any
seaman's wages within the time mentioned in the last section, shall forfeit
and pay to such seaman the amount of two days' pay, to be recovered as
wages, for each day, not exceeding ten days in the whole, during which
such payment has been delayed without sufficient cause.
XV. If any seaman to whom any wages are due, die before the wages
due have been paid, then the wages shall be paid to the registrar of
the port of registry at which the ship shall first touch after his death,
and the registrar shall pay the same to his legal representative, and
failing such legal representative, after the expiration of twelve months
ACT XXVIII.
[A.D. 1850.
Master to give lists
and particulars of sea-
men engaged to regis-
trar,
and receive a cer-
tificate.
Penalty.
Registrar may enter
ships and examine sea-
men.
Penalty for obstruc-
tion.
How registrar may
stay port-clearance
when this Act is be-
lieved to have been
evaded.
Master to pay sea-
men within seven days
Penalty.
Howwagesduetoa
deceased seaman are to
be disposed of.
X. The master of every such vessel, before leaving any port of registry,
shall deliver to the registrar a list, signed by himself, of the name of every
seaman engaged by him in the territories under the Government of the
East-India Company (including apprentices), with their rating and the
number of their register-tickets, according to such form as shall be from
time to time approved by the Governor-General of India in Council; and
if he shall not have engaged any seaman within the said territories, the
master shall deliver to the registrar a certificate of the fact signed by
himself; and on receiving the said list or certificate, and on being satisfied
of its truth, the registrar shall give to the master a certificate under his
hand, that the master of such vessel has complied with the regulations of
the registry office. Every master of any such vessel who shall leave a port
of registry without delivering such list or certificate as aforesaid, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred rupees.
XI. For the purpose of preventing any seamen from being shipped on
board of any vessel in any port of registry, contrary to the provisions of
this Act, the registrar of the port, by himself or his agents, in a peaceable
manner, may enter at any time on board of any such vessel, and muster
and examine the several seamen employed therein; and any person who
shall obstruct the said registrar or his agents in such duty shall be liable
to a penalty not exceeding one hundred rupees.
XII. In cases when the registrar shall have reason to believe that any
of the provisions of this Act have been evaded or neglected by the master,
owner, or agent of any ship about to go to sea, the registrar, by a writing
under his hand, may stay the grant of a port-clearance by the master
attendant; and every master attendant shall comply with the written
requisition of the registrar in this respect.
XIII. The master of every such vessel, on which any seaman engaged
under this Act may be serving, shall, within seven days after the arrival
of such vessel at the port where the voyage ends, or after the end of the
service, according to the agreement entered into, in accordance with this
Act, pay or cause to be paid to such seamen the wages remaining due to
them for their services, taking a receipt from each man for the amount
paid to him, either separately or on a general list, which receipt shall be
certified by the chief or second officer, or other credible witness, and
otherwise shall be of no force or validity.
XIV. Every master or owner who shall neglect or refuse to pay any
seaman's wages within the time mentioned in the last section, shall forfeit
and pay to such seaman the amount of two days' pay, to be recovered as
wages, for each day, not exceeding ten days in the whole, during which
such payment has been delayed without sufficient cause.
XV. If any seaman to whom any wages are due, die before the wages
due have been paid, then the wages shall be paid to the registrar of
the port of registry at which the ship shall first touch after his death,
and the registrar shall pay the same to his legal representative, and
failing such legal representative, after the expiration of twelve months