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NAVIGATION AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 87, 1980 - SECT 41

Account of wages on discharge
41. Section 76 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in sub-section (1) "(being a seaman serving under
        articles
of agreement)" after " seaman" (first and second occurring);

(b) by inserting in sub-section (1) "at the port" after "proper authority";
and

   (c)  by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:



"(2) The employer of a seaman who is serving under a contract of sea service
that is terminated or otherwise ceases to be in force shall deliver to the
seaman either directly or through a proper authority at a port, at the
prescribed time and in the prescribed form or in a form approved by the
Minister by instrument in writing, a full and true account of the wages of the
seaman and of the deductions made or to be made for any reason from those
wages.". 


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