Section 136
Allotment notes respecting seaman's wages.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board to provide for the registration, certification, safety and security of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping.
(1) A seaman may require that a stipulation
be inserted in the agreement for the allotment, by means of an allotment note, of any part (not
exceeding three-fourths) of the amount of the monthly wages payable to him in favour of any such
member of his family or any such relative or for any such purpose approved in this behalf by the
Central Government by general or special order, as may be specified in the note.
(2) Every shipping master or other officer before whom the seaman is engaged shall, after the seaman has signed the agreement, inquire from the seaman whether he requires such a stipulation for the allotment of his wages by means of an allotment note.
(3) Whenever a seaman requires such a stipulation, the stipulation shall be inserted in the agreement of the crew, and such stipulation shall be deemed to have been agreed to by the master.
(4) An allotment note shall be in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the owner, master or agent of the ship and by the seaman.
(2) Every shipping master or other officer before whom the seaman is engaged shall, after the seaman has signed the agreement, inquire from the seaman whether he requires such a stipulation for the allotment of his wages by means of an allotment note.
(3) Whenever a seaman requires such a stipulation, the stipulation shall be inserted in the agreement of the crew, and such stipulation shall be deemed to have been agreed to by the master.
(4) An allotment note shall be in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the owner, master or agent of the ship and by the seaman.