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

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

Purchase

(1)	If a seafarer whilst on board a South African ship states to the master of the ship his desire to make a complaint to a proper officer against the master or any of the crew or concerning the unseaworthiness of the ship, the master shall—

(a)	if the ship is then at a place where there is a proper officer, as soon after such statement as the service of the ship will permit; or

(b)	if the ship is not then at such a place, as soon after her first arrival at such place as the service of the ship will permit,

allow the complainant to go ashore or, if he is in custody, send him ashore in proper custody, so that he may make his complaint.

(2)	This section shall not apply in respect of a seafarer on board a vessel belonging to Transnet Limited and used by that authority in connection with the working of its harbours.

[Section 171(2) substituted by section 10 of Act No. 18 of 1992]

[Section 171 substituted by section 29(d) of Act No. 12 of 2015]