Section 154
Master to pay and deliver property of deceased seamen.
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) If the master of a ship fails
to comply with the provisions of this Act with respect to taking charge of the property of the deceased
seaman or apprentice, or to making in the official log book the proper entries relating thereto, or to the
payment or delivery of such property, he shall be accountable for such property to the shipping master
as aforesaid, and shall pay and deliver the same accordingly.
(2) The property may be recovered in the same Court and manner in which the wages of seamen may be recovered under this Act.
(2) The property may be recovered in the same Court and manner in which the wages of seamen may be recovered under this Act.