Malaysia legislation
Section 18
Section 18
(1)
The Governor may appoint a place, to be called “the Marine Office”, and other places to be called “Marine Sub-Offices”, at which places shall be conducted all the business within
North Borneo connected with the engagement and discharge in North Borneo of seamen on board British ships and North Borneo ships and foreign ships whose flag is not represented by a consular officer resident in North Borneo.
(2)
The Director shall be the Superintendent of the Marine Office and he may appoint
Assistant Superintendents in any Marine Sub-Office.
(3)
Any act done by, or to or before, an Assistant Superintendent within the powers conferred upon him by the Superintendent shall have the same effect as if done by, to or before, the Superintendent.
(4)
(a)
No seaman shall, except with the sanction of the Superintendent, be engaged to do duty on board a British, North Borneo or foreign ship elsewhere than at the Marine Office, save that in the case of a foreign
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ship a seaman may be engaged before a consular officer resident in
North Borneo representing the flag of such foreign ship.
(b)
No seaman shall be engaged unless he has produced to the
Superintendent a certificate of discharge from such seaman’s last ship, or failing production thereof such seaman has given a satisfactory explanation to the Superintendent of the cause of such non-production.
(c)
Any person engaging a seaman in contravention of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars.
Agreement with crew.