Section 178
Meaning of serving seaman.
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.
A seaman shall, for the purposes of these provisions, be
deemed to be a serving seaman during any period commencing on the date of the agreement with the
crew and ending thirty days after the date on which the seaman is finally discharged from such
agreement.