Marine Board Act 1878 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO PRIM0 ET QUADRAGESIMO

SECUNDO

No. 130.

An Act to amend the Murine Board Act of 1860,

[Reserved, 30th November, 1878.1

JHEREAS i t is expedient to amend the Marinc Board Act

of 1860, with reference to the engagement and discharge

of seamen of home trade ships--Be it therefore Enacted by the

Governor of the Province of South Australia, with the advice and

consent of the Legislative Council :and House of Assembly in this

present Parliament assembled, as follows :-

l. This Act may be cited as Marine Board Amendment Act, short title.

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setl if practicable, and if not, so soon afterwards as possible, cause the

2. In the construction of this Act the expression Home trade Home trade ship.

ship" shall include every ship employed in trading or going between any places within the limits of the Province of South Australia, excepting the Northern Territory.

3. In the case of any horne trade ship it shall not be necessary, A s s i s m e of officer of mercantile marine

unless the master shall so require, that any seaman shall be engaged * ,~,,;,,t,,

or discharged or receive his wages in the presence of any officer of any mercantile marine office, nor shall any fees be payable upon any such engagement or discharge unless effected in the presence of such officer.

4. In the case of any horne trade ship, in which the engagement Agreement to be

of any seaman shall not be made in the presence of an officer of a read over to seamen.

mercantile marine office, the master shall, before the ship puts to

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Marine Board Act Amenidme~t Act.-1818,

the agreement to be read over and exp1.ained to the warnan, and the seaman shall thereupon sign the same in the presence of some person who shall sign as attesting witness, and, in any default in the premises, the master or owner shall for each offence incur a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

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for 5. I11 cases where several home trade ships belong to the same owner the agreement with the seaman may be madc by the owner instead of by the master, and the seaman may be engaged to serve in any two or more such ships: Provided the names of the ships and the nature of such services are specified in the agreement; but, except as aforesaid, all provisions which relate to ordinary agree- ments shall be applicable to agreements made in pursuance of this section,

severe1 ship belong-

ing to same owner.

AP lieation of clauaea

in &wine Board Act 6. The provisions of sections 68, 69, 70, and 71 of the Marine

of 1~60.	Board Act of 1860, shall apply to m y discharge although not effected before an officer of a rnelmntile marine office, except that the mutual release mentioned in sectioz~ 68 inay be attested
by any person, and shall be executed in duplicate and one copy
shall be retained by each party, and one copy of the report men- tioned in section 69 shall be delivered to the seaman, and the account mentioned in section 70 shall be delivered to the seaman.

Buspendin clause 7. T h i ~ Act shall come into operation from and aftw a day to be

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fixed by the Governor, by Proclatnation in the Gonern~nneat Gazette, and such day shall be not more t h m three months froiri the day upon which Her Majesty's pleasare upon the said Act. shall be

signified in the said Gazette.

8. This Act shall be incorporated with the Marine Board Act of

1860, and the Acts amending the same.

I reserve this Bill for the siguification of Her Majesty's pleasure

thereon. WM. F. DRUMMONI) JERVOIS, Governor,

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~ d d a i d e : By authority, E. ~PILLES, Acting Government Printer, North-temctt.