952
[s. 5 contd.]
No seaman to be discharged
provision for
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING
whole of the fees hereby made payable in respect of such engagement or discharge, and may, for the purpose of in part reimbursing himself, deduct in respect of each such engagement or discharge from the wages of all persons (except apprentices) so engaged or discharged and retain any sums not exceeding the sums specified in that behalf in Table J in the schedule: Provided that if in any case the sum which the master is so entitled to deduct exceeds the amount of the fee payable by him, such excess shall be paid by him to the Superintendent in addition to such fee.
(7)-(a) No master shall discharge in this Colony any seaman from any ship, British or foreign, without the sanction of the Harbour Master or of the consular officer, if any, representing the nation to which such ship belongs, and unless due provision is made for the subsistence and maintenance of such seaman, to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master in the case of a British ship or of a foreign ship whose flag is not represented in the Colony by a consular officer, or to the satisfaction of such consular officer in the case of a foreign ship whose flag is so represented; and any master discharging a seaman in contravention of this sub-section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
Penalty on seaman for wrongfully remaining behind.
Place of discharge.
Master to give to seaman discharged in the Colony certificate of discharge, and account of wages.
(b) Any seaman, being one of the crew of any ship, who wilfully or negligently remains in the Colony after the departure of such ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month.
(8) No seaman shall, except with the sanction of the Harbour Master, be discharged from a British or colonial ship, or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Mercantile Marine Office, and every seaman discharged from a foreign ship so represented shall, within 24 hours of being discharged at the office of his consular officer, produce to the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his discharge, signed by such consular officer, and shall in default be liable to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars and, in default of payment thereof, to imprisonment without hard labour for any term not exceeding 21 days.
(9) Whenever any seaman is discharged at the Mercantile Marine Office 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,