Section 197AMeasures to prevent desertion from Bangladesh and foreign ships

s. 197A

197A. Measures to prevent desertion from Bangladesh and foreign ships [(1) Whenever it becomes necessary, the Shipping Master shall- (a) take a bond the binding the guarantors of the seamen to pay 5 (five) lakh taka compensation, in the case of desertion by the seaman and it shall be payable to the concerned person or authority who incurred loss due to the desertion; (b) cancel the seamen's book of a deserted seaman; (c) enforce a ban on deserted seaman from entering into seafaring profession; (d) enforce a ban on the deserted seaman from entering into any Government service in Bangladesh. (2) The state may forfeit the properties of a deserted seaman excluding the inherited properties.]

1. 16. Section 197A was inserted by section 5 of the Bangladesh Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2004 (Act No. VIII of 2004).