Duties of shipping master, director and seafarer's welfare officer

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Part V SEAFARERS

Statutory text

(1) It shall be the duty of the shipping master to--
- (a) monitor and facilitate the engagement and discharge of seafarers in the manner provided under this Act;
- (b) provide means for securing the presence onboard at the proper times of seafarers who are so engaged;
- (c) grant such continuous discharge certificate and seafarer's identity documents in such form and manner as may be prescribed;
- (d) hear and decide disputes between a master, ship owner or his agent and any of the seafarers;
- (e) transmit the complaint of any dispute arising in the territorial waters of India, of a foreign seafarer with the master, ship owner or his agent in respect of a vessel registered in a State other than India, to the competent authority of the country of registration and a copy of such complaint shall be forwarded to the Director-General, International Labour Organisation Office.
(2) It shall be the duty of the director to--
- (a) grant licence subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, regulate and control the recruitment and placement service and,--

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