Section 203
Seaman or apprentice not to be enticed to desert.
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.
No person shall by any means
whatever persuade or attempt to persuade a seaman or apprentice to neglect or refuse to join or
proceed to sea in or desert from his ship, or otherwise to absent himself from his duty.