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icle 3

Main Provisions

3.

Application in Hong Kong

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Any scaman who is landed during the term of his gagement or on its expiration shall be entitled to be taken ck to his own country, or to the port at which he was engaged,

to the port at which the voyage commenced, as shall be termined by national law, which shall contain the provisions cessary for dealing with the matter, including provisions to termine who shall bear the charge of repatriation.

A seaman shall be deemed to have been duly repatriated he has been provided with suitable employment on board a ssel proceeding to one of the destinations prescribed in oordance with the foregoing paragraph.

A seaman shall be deemed to have been repatriated if is landed in the country to which he belongs, or at the port L which he was engaged, or at a neighbouring port, or at the ort at which the voyage commenced.

Samall

Under section 186 of the Merchant Shipping fet 1994, which hen been extended to Hong Kong, if the nervice oi n terminateo at any pert outside the British domain, the tritter shall :

(a) provide him with adequate employment on

board some other British ship bound to the port at which he was originally shipped or to a port in the United Kingdom agrecable to him; or

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(c)

furnish the means of sending him back to some such port; or

provide him with a passage hom;

(d) deposit with a British consular officer

such a sum of money as is deemed sufficient by the officer to defray the expenses of hiɛ maintenance and passage home.

If a scaman is left behind or discharged abroad

during the term of his engagement for any reason not provided for in the act, he will be provided with a passage home by the authority as required under section 191 of the act. Section 195 further provides that the expenses so incurred shall be a change upon the ship to which the seaman be louped if the master of the ship has failed to comply with the provisions of the acl dealing with repatriation of seamen.

Section 14(1) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance

also stipulates that all expenses incurred in the United Kingdom in relieving and returning to Hong Kong all distressed seamen who have last served in a ship registered in Hong Kong shall be borne by the revenue of Hong Kong-

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