Section 11Fees for engagement or discharge of seamen

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11. Fees for engagement or discharge of seamen (1) In respect of all engagements and discharge of seamen, the owner or Master of a ship so engaging or discharging shall pay to the Shipping Master such fees as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, fix; and the Shipping Master may decline to act in any case until such fee has been paid. (2) A copy of the scale of fees for the time being payable under sub-section (1) shall be affixed at some conspicuous place in the Shipping Office.