Section 148: Wages and other property of seaman or apprentice left behind Pakistani ships

148. Wages and other property of seaman or apprentice left behind Pakistani ships abroad.—(1) If a seaman or apprentice belonging to a Pakistani ship is left behind at any port or place outside Pakistan, the master of the ship shall enter in the official log book a statement of the amount due to the seaman or apprentice in respect of wages at the time when he was left behind and of all property left on board by him, and shall take such property into his charge. (2) Within forty-eight hours after the arrival at the port in Pakistan at which the voyage terminates, the master shall deliver to the Shipping Master— (a) a statement of the amount due to the seaman or apprentice in respect of wages, and of all property left on board by him; and (b) a statement, with full particulars, of any expenses that may have been caused to the master or owner of the ship by the absence of the seaman or apprentice, where the absence is an offence punishable under section 204: and if required by the Shipping Master to do so shall furnish such vouchers as are reasonably required to verify the statements. (3) The master shall at the time when he delivers the statements referred to in sub-section (2) to the Shipping Master also deliver to him the amount due to the seaman or apprentice in respect of wages and the property that was left on board by him, and the Shipping Master shall give to the master a receipt therefor in the prescribed form. (4) The master shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the wage, or property referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (2) such expenses shown in the statement referred to in clause (b) of that sub-section as appear to the Shipping Master to be properly chargeable. CHAPTER 11. —WAGES OF SEAMEN (A) PAYMENT OF WAGES

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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