Section 158
Property of seamen dying in India.
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.
If a seaman or apprentice dies in India and is at the
time of his death entitled to claim from the master or owner of the ship in which he has served any
effects or unpaid wages, the master, owner or agent shall pay and deliver or account for such property
to the shipping master at the port where the seaman or apprentice was discharged or was to have been
discharged or to such other officer as the Central Government may direct.