Clause 5
Amendment of section 23
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Amendment) Bill
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Clause 5
Section 23(2) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (d) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(e)where the seafarer is released from captivity after being held captive on or off a ship as a result of an act of piracy or armed robbery against the ship.”.