Singapore legislation

Section 48

of Merchant Shipping Act

Section 48

Notice of disrating of seaman

(1)

Where the master of a ship disrates a seaman, he shall forthwith enter or cause to be entered in the official log-book a statement of the disrating and furnish the seaman with a copy of the entry.

(2)

Any reduction of wages consequent on the disrating shall not take effect until the entry has been so made and the copy so furnished.

(3)

Any reduction of wages consequent on the disrating of a seaman shall be deemed to be a deduction from wages within the meaning of sections 46 and 47.[61