Singapore legislation
Section 24
Section 24
Compensation to seafarers in event of wreck or loss of ship, etc.
(1)
Where a ship is wrecked or lost, a seafarer whose employment on the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the seafarer’s employment agreement under which he or she is so employed is, subject to this section, entitled to wages, at the rate payable under the agreement at the date of the wreck or loss, for every day on which he or she is unemployed in the 2 months following that date.
(2)
Where a ship is sold or ceases to be registered in Singapore and a seafarer’s employment on the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the seafarer’s employment agreement under which he or she is so employed, then, unless otherwise provided in the agreement, the seafarer is, subject to subsection (3), entitled to wages at the rate payable under the agreement at the date on which his or her employment is terminated for every day on which he or she is unemployed in the 2 months following that date.
(3)
A seafarer is not entitled to wages under subsection (1) or (2) for any day of unemployment, if it is shown that —
the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship or (as the case may be) to the sale of the ship or its ceasing to be registered in Singapore; or
the seafarer was able to obtain suitable employment for that day but unreasonably refused to take it.
(4)
The master and a seafarer employed on a ship have the same lien and remedies for their wages payable under this section, as a seaman has for his or her wages.
(5)
This section does not affect the rights a seafarer may have under any other rule of law.