ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
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Master shall give to seaman
6. Whenever any seaman shall be discharged from any ship within the Colony, the master of such ship shall give at the time of such discharge to such seaman a written certificate of discharge, specifying the time and nature of service, and the time of discharge of such seaman, signed by himself; and if such seaman require it, shall further give him, within twenty-four hours after demand, a true account in writing of the wages of such seaman, and of all deductions therefrom.
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7. No seaman shall be discharged from a British ship, or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Consular officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Harbour Master's office, and every seaman discharged from a foreign ship so represented, shall, within twenty-four hours of being discharged at the office of his Consul or Vice-Consul, produce to the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his discharge, signed by such Consul or Vice-Consul, under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in default imprisonment not exceeding twenty-one days.
Colony certificate of discharge, and, account of wages. [Ordinance of 1852, sec. 2.]
As to the discharge of seamen.
[Ibid, sec. 5.]
discharged only by permission of Harbour Master, or Consul or Vice-Consul.
No. 1 of 1862, sec. 8.
8. No master of any ship shall discharge or force therefrom, or wilfully or negligently leave behind him, in this Colony, under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, any seaman shipped on board thereof, unless on a certificate from the Harbour Master or his deputy, or from the Consul or Vice-Consul, if any, representing the nation to which the ship belongs; and the Harbour Master or his deputy, and the Consul or Vice-Consul are empowered to withhold or grant his certificate upon such conditions for the subsistence of the seaman as he shall think fit, and if any seaman shall wilfully or negligently remain in the Colony, after the departure of the vessel in which he shall have shipped, such seaman shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one month, with or without hard labour.
CHAPTER VI.
BOARDING-HOUSES FOR SEAMEN.
As to the establishment and regulation of boarding-houses.
17. The Harbour Master shall, with the consent of any Police Magistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons to keep boarding-houses for seamen, and every such licence shall be countersigned by the Colonial Secretary, and shall be granted for such period not exceeding one year, and upon such terms and security, and shall be [No. 6 of 1852, Ordinance sec. 6.]
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