Section 86: Summary proceedings for wages.

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

(1) A seafarer or a person duly authorised by him, as soon as any wages due to him become payable but not paid, may apply to any Judicial Magistrate of the first class exercising jurisdiction in or near the place at which his service has terminated or at which he has been discharged, or at which any person upon whom the claim is made is or resides, and such Magistrate shall try the case summarily and the order made by such Magistrate in the matter shall be final.

(2) An application under sub-section (1) may also be made by any officer authorised by the Central Government in this behalf by general or special order.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section	86
Marginal note	Summary proceedings for wages.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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