Section 116
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 116
If a person by any means whatever persuades or attempts to persuade a seaman or apprentice to neglect or refuse to join or proceed to sea, in, or to desert from, his ship, or otherwise to absent himself from his duty, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, in respect of each seaman or apprentice whom he persuades or attempts to persuade as aforesaid, to a fine of two hundred dollars.
(2)
If a person wilfully harbours or secretes a seaman or apprentice who has wilfully neglected or refused to join, or has deserted from, his ship knowing or having reason to believe the seaman or apprentice to have so done, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to, in respect of every seaman or apprentice so harboured or secreted, a fine of five hundred dollars.
Penalty on stowaways.