Malaysia legislation
Section 42
Section 42
(1)
The master of every ship shall, before paying off or discharging a seaman in North
Borneo, deliver at the time and in the manner provided by this Ordinance a full and true account in the prescribed form, of the seaman’s wages, and of all deductions to be made therefrom on any account whatever.
(2)
Such account shall be delivered –
(a)
where the seaman is not to be discharged before the Superintendent to the seaman himself not less than twenty-four hours before his discharge or payment off; and
(b)
where the seaman is to be discharged before the Superintendent either to the seaman himself at of before the time of his leaving the ship, or to the
Superintendent not less than twenty-four hours before the discharge or payment off.
(3)
Any master of a ship who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars.
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Deductions from wages.