Malaysia legislation
Section 22
Section 22
The following provisions shall have effect with respect to the agreements made with the crew in North Borneo of a ship other than a foreign-going ship for which an agreement with the crew is required under this Chapter –
(a)
agreements may be made either for the service in a particular ship or for service in two or more ships belonging to the same owner, but, in the latter case, the nature of the service shall be specified in the agreement;
(b)
crews or individual seaman shall be engaged before the Superintendent in the same manner as they are required to be engaged for foreign-going ships; but if the engagement is not made, the master shall, if practicable, before the ship puts to sea, and, if not, as soon after as possible, cause the agreement to be read and explained to each seaman; and the seaman shall thereupon sign the same in the presence of a witness, and the witness shall attest the signature;
(c)
an agreement for service in two or more ships belonging to the same owner may be made by the owner instead of by the master; and the provisions of this
Ordinance with respect to the making of the agreement shall apply accordingly;
(d)
agreements shall not be for a longer period than six months, or the first arrival of the ship at her final port of destination in North Borneo after the expiration of the period, or the discharge of cargo consequent on that arrival:
Provided that the owner or his agent may enter into time agreements in the prescribed form with individual seamen to serve in any one of more ships belonging to such owner, and those agreements need not expire at the time of the ship’s agreement with the crew.
Fees upon engagement and discharge.