50. Time of payment of wages for home-trade and local-trade ships
Feedback & supportThe master or owner of every home-trade or local-trade ship shall pay to every seaman his wages within two days after the termination of the agreement with the crew, or at the time when the seaman is discharged, whichever first happens.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
If a master or owner fails without reasonable cause to make payment at that time, he shall pay to the seaman a sum not exceeding the amount of two days’ pay for each of the days during which payment is delayed beyond that time, but the sum payable shall not exceed 10 days’ double pay.
owner
“owner”, used in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien, if any, to that lien;
Any sum payable under this section may be recovered as wages.[63