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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets

146. Master to take care and make record of property of seafarer who dies

[Section 146 heading substituted by section 29(k) of Act No. 12 of 2015]

 

(1) If a seafarer of a South African ship dies, the master of the ship shall take charge of all money and other property on board the ship belonging to the said seafarer.

[Section 146(1) substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]

 

(2) The master shall enter in the official log-book the following particulars:
(a) a statement of the amount of the money and a detailed description of the other property; and
(b) a statement of the sum due to the deceased for wages and of the amount of any deductions to be made from the wages.

 

(3) The said money, balance of wages and other property are in this Chapter referred to as the property of the seafarer.

[Section 146(3) substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]