Protection of Businesses Act, 1978
R 385
Chapter IV : Engagement, Discharge, Repatriation, Payment, Discipline and General Treatment of Seafarers and Cadets |
[Chapter IV heading substituted by section 2 of Act No. 12 of 2015]
91. Excessive number of cadets not to be employed
92. Medical examination of cadets and apprentice-officers
101. Medical examination of crew prior to engagement
103. Special provisions as to agreements with crew of foreign-going ships
104. Changes in crew to be reported
105. Certificates as to agreements with crew of foreign-going ships
108. Alterations in agreements with crew
109. Copy of agreement to be displayed
110. Employment of children on ships prohibited
111. Employment of young persons
114. Repatriation of seafarers whose service terminates elsewhere than at proper return port
115. Entries and certificates of desertion outside the Republic
116. Discharge of seafarer on change of ownership
117. Discharge and leaving of seafarers behind
119. Wages and other property of seafarer left behind
120. Payment of wages on discharge of a seafarer of a South African ship
121. Master to deliver account of wages
122. Time of payment of wages for foreign-going ships
123. Time of payment for coasting ships, and fishing, sealing and shore-based whaling boats
125. Decision by proper officer on question as to wages
126. Payment of seafarers in currency other than that mentioned in agreement
128. Master to give facilities to seafarers for remitting wages
129. Advance of more than one month's wages prohibited
131. Right of suing on allotment notes
132. Time of payment of an allotment note
133. Rights to wages and provisions and when such are to commence
134. Agreement to forfeit lien for wages is void
135. Restrictions on assignment of wages and salvage
137. Wages not recoverable abroad except in certain cases
138. Wages not to depend on freight
139. Wages not claimable by seafarer who fails to exert himself to save ship
140. Wages on termination of services by illness or injury of seafarer or wreck or loss of ship
142. Compensation to a seafarer improperly discharged
143. Remedies of master for recovery of wages, disbursements, etc
144. Unreasonable delay in paying master's wages
145. Power of court to rescind contract between owner or master and seafarer
146. Master to take care and make record of property of seafarer who dies
147. Delivery to proper officer of property of seafarer who dies
148. Account to be rendered of property of seafarer who dies
149. Property of deceased seafarer left abroad but not on board ship
150. Sale of property of deceased seafarer
151. Property of deceased seafarer may be recovered as wages
152. Disposal of pproperty of deceased seafarer
153. Recovery of wages of seafarer lost with his ship
154. Relief and maintenance of distressed seafarer
155. Receiving distressed seafarer on ships
157. Measuring instruments on board
158A. Provision of complaints procedure on board ship
160. Bedding and other articles for seafarers
162. Complaints as to provisions or water or accommodation
163. Powers of inspection of provisions, water and accommodation
164. Inspection of provisions, water and accommodation at sea
165. Compensation if short or bad provisions furnished
166. Provision of board and lodging elsewhere than on board ship
167. Medicines to be provided and kept on board certain ships
168. Inspection of medicines and medical appliances
169. Expenses of medical attendance in cases of injury or illness
170. Recovery of expenses from owner
171. Facilities for making complaints
172. Seafarers’ property not to be detained
174. Misconduct by seafarers endangering ship or life and general offences against discipline
177. Notice to proper officer of absence of seafarer at time of sailing
178. Unseaworthiness of ship a good defence to charge of desertion, etc
179. Deserter's certificates of discharge may be withheld
180. Deserter's from foreign ships
181. Entry of offences in official log
182. Official log-books to be kept
183. Entries in official log-books
184. Unlawful entries or alterations in official log-books
185. Delivery of official log-books to proper officer
186. Transmission of official log-books to proper officer
187. Documents to be handed over to successor on change of master
189. Returns of births and deaths
