Malaysia legislation
Section 17
Section 17
(1)
The master of a foreign-going ship shall, before carrying an apprentice to sea from a port in North Borneo cause the apprentice to appear before the Superintendent and shall produce to the Superintendent the indenture by which the apprentice is bound and every assignment thereof.
(2)
The name of the apprentice, with the date of the indenture and of the assignment thereof, if any, and the names of the ports at which the same have been recorded, shall be entered on the agreement with the crew.
(3)
Any master who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with any requirement of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars.