Section 145
Summary proceedings for 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 or apprentice or a person duly authorised
on his behalf may, as soon as any wages due to him become payable, apply to 1[any Judicial
Magistrate of the first class or any Metropolitan Magistrate, as the case may be,] exercising
jurisdiction in or near the place at which his service has terminated or at which he has been discharged
or at which any person upon whom the claim is made is or resides, and 2[such Magistrate] shall try the
case in a summary way and the order made by 2[such Magistrate] in the matter shall be final.
(2) An application under sub-section (1) may also be made by any officer authorised by the Central Government in this behalf by general or special order.
(2) An application under sub-section (1) may also be made by any officer authorised by the Central Government in this behalf by general or special order.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 12 of 1983, s. 17 and Schedule, for "any magistrate" (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).
2. Subs. by s. 17 and Schedule, ibid., for "the magistrate" (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).
2. Subs. by s. 17 and Schedule, ibid., for "the magistrate" (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).