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Section 108: Seafarer not to be enticed to desert.

The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025Central Act · Act 24 of 2025

No person shall,---

(a) by any means whatever persuade or attempt to persuade a seafarer to neglect or refuse to join or proceed to sea in or desert from his vessel, or otherwise to absent himself from his duty;

(b) harbour or secrete a seafarer who has wilfully neglected or refused to join or has deserted from his vessel, knowing or having reason to believe the seafarer to have so done:

Provided that the provisions of this clause shall not extend to the case in which the harbour or secreting is by the spouse of the seafarer.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section108
Marginal noteSeafarer not to be enticed to desert.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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