Section 214: Payment of fines imposed under agreement to Shipping Master

214. Payment of fines imposed under agreement to Shipping Master.—(1) Every fine imposed on any officer, seaman or apprentice for any act of misconduct for which his agreement imposes a fine shall be deducted and paid over as follows, namely:— (a) if the offender is discharged at any port or place in Pakistan, and the offence and such entries in respect thereof as aforesaid, are proved to the satisfaction of the Shipping Master before whom the offender is discharged, the master or owner shall deduct such fine from the wages of the offender and pay the same over to such Shipping Master; and (b) if the officer, seaman or apprentice is discharged at any port or place outside Pakistan and the offence and such entries as aforesaid are proved to the satisfaction of the Pakistan consular officer by whose sanction he is so discharged, the fine shall thereupon be deducted as aforesaid, and an entry of such deduction shall then be made in the official log-book and signed by such officer and on the return of the ship to Pakistan the master or owner shall pay over such fine to the Shipping Master before whom the crew is discharged. (2) If any master or owner neglects or refuses to pay over the fine, he shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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