(1) Every ship owner of an Indian vessel shall ensure that full payments due to seafarers are made to them at not later than monthly intervals and are given a monthly account of payments due and amounts paid, including wages and additional payments.
(2) If any amount in respect of wages payable to a seafarer under a seafarer employment agreement is not paid within the monthly interval, the seafarer shall be entitled to wages at the rate last payable under the seafarers' employment agreement for every day on which it remains unpaid until the full amount is paid, along with interest at such rate as may be prescribed but no interest shall be payable if the failure to make such monthly payment was due to---
(a) a reasonable mistake; or
(b) a reasonable dispute as to liability; or
(c) the act or default of the seafarer; or
(d) any other cause not being the wrongful act or default of the persons liable to make the payment or of their servants or agents.