Section 180: Power to make rules with respect to distressed seamen.––The Federal Government

180. Power to make rules with respect to distressed seamen.––The Federal Government may make rules with respect to the relief, maintenance and return to a proper return port of a shipwrecked seamen found in distress at any place in or out of Pakistan, and with respect to the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which, seamen may be relieved and provided with passages, and generally for carrying out the purposes of this Chapter; and a distressed seaman shall not have any right to be relieved, maintained or sent to a proper return port except in the cases and to the extent and on the conditions as may be prescribed.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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