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

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Distressed Seamen's Regulations, 1961

13. Rates of Passage and Other Allowances

 

(1) On arrival at the port to which a seaman has been conveyed in accordance with the provisions of regulation 8 the master shall take the seaman to the proper officer and produce the Conveyance Order (form T.V. 5/243) to that officer for payment.

 

(2) If the proper officer is satisfied by reference to the ship's documents that the seaman has been conveyed, in accordance with the provisions of the Conveyance Order (form T.V 5/243), he shall pay the master at the following rates of passage:—

 

Rank of Personnel

Rate

Masters, Navigating Officers, Engineer Officers (certified and uncertified), Medical Practitioners, Chief Stewards, Chief Pursers, Radio Offices, Apprentice-officers and Cadets

One rand per day

Other White members of a crew

Seventy five cents per day

Non-White members of a crew subsisted on a diet different to the diet for Whites

Forty cents per day

 

(3) Where in the opinion of a medical practitioner the health of a seaman conveyed under a Conveyance Order (form T.V. 5/243) is such that he requires medical attendance, extra diet or wines, and such attendance, diet or wines are provided and this fact can be confirmed from entries made in the log-book, the master shall be entitled to receive an allowance of ten cents per day in addition to the rates set out in paragraph (2).