93. Expenses of medical attendance in case of injury or illness
Feedback & supportIf the master of, or a seaman or apprentice belonging to, a ship receives any hurt or injury in the service of the ship, or suffers from any illness, not being an illness due to his own wilful act or default, or to his own misbehaviour, the expense of providing the necessary surgical and medical advice and attendance and medicine, and also the expenses of the maintenance of the master, seaman or apprentice until he is cured, or dies, or is returned to a proper return port within the meaning of Part IV of the Merchant Shipping Act 1906 [U.K. 1906 c. 48] and of his conveyance to that port, and in case of death the expense, if any, of his burial, shall be defrayed by the owner of the ship, without any deduction on that account from his wages.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
If the master or a seaman or apprentice is on account of any illness temporarily removed from his ship for the purpose of preventing infection, or otherwise for the convenience of the ship, and subsequently returns to his duty, the expense of the removal and of providing the necessary advice and attendance and medicine, and of his maintenance while away from the ship, shall be defrayed in the manner provided in subsection (1).
seaman
“seaman” includes every person, except a master or pilot, employed or engaged in any capacity as part of the crew on board any ship;
The expense of all medicines, surgical and medical advice, and attendance, given to a master, seaman or apprentice while on board his ship shall be defrayed in the manner provided in subsection (1).
ship
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars;
In all other cases any reasonable expenses duly incurred by the owner for any seaman or apprentice in respect of illness, and also any reasonable expenses duly incurred by the owner in respect of the burial of any seaman or apprentice who dies while on service, shall, if duly proved, be deducted from the wages of the seaman or apprentice.[107** Section 106 in the 1970 Edition was repealed by Act 38/84.
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;