Section 111
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 111
Whenever a question arises whether the wages of any seaman or apprentice are forfeited under this Chapter for desertion from a North Borneo ship while such ship was within
North Borneo, it shall be sufficient for the person insisting on the forfeiture to show that the seaman or apprentice was duly engaged in or belonged to the ship, and that he left the ship before the completion of the voyage or engagement, and that an entry of his desertion has been duly made in the official log book.
(2)
The desertion shall thereupon, so far as relates to any forfeiture of wages under this
Chapter, be deemed to be proved, unless the seaman or apprentice can produce a proper certificate of discharge, or can otherwise show to the satisfaction of the Court that he had sufficient reasons for leaving his ship.
Application of forfeitures.