Regulation 14

Where the wages cannot be paid to the seaman in accordance with regulations 12 and 13 and the seaman is not known to be dead, then, notwithstanding anything contained in sections 56 and 57 of the Act or these Regulations, the wages shall be paid and an account thereof delivered to the person named in the crew agreement as the seaman’s next-of-kin, as soon as is practicable after the expiration of 4 months from the time for payment.