Section 206: Conveyance of deserter or imprisoned seaman or apprentice on board ship

206. Conveyance of deserter or imprisoned seaman or apprentice on board ship.—(1) If an officer, seaman or apprentice is guilty of the offence of desertion or of absence without leave or otherwise absents himself from his ship without leave the master or any mate or the owner may convey him on board his ship, and may for that purpose use such force, including police force, as may be necessary and every police officer shall render all such assistance as may be required of him. (2) If the officer, seaman or apprentice so requires, he shall first be taken before a Court competent to take cognizance of the case to be dealt with according to law. (3) If it appears to the Court before whom the case is brought that the officer, seaman or apprentice has been conveyed on board or taken before the Court on improper or insufficient grounds, that Court may punish the master, mate or owner, as the case may be, with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees and such punishment shall be a bar to any action for false imprisonment against the master, mate or owner. (4) If, either at the commencement or during the progress of any voyage, an officer, seaman or apprentice engaged in a Pakistani ship commits outside Pakistan, the offence of desertion or absence without leave or any offence against discipline, the master, any mate, the owner or agent of the owner may, if and so far as the laws in force in the place will permit, arrest him without first procuring a warrant. (5) No person shall convey on board an officer, seaman or apprentice on improper or insufficient grounds.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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