Merchant Shipping Act, 1894

Certificate of discharge.

410.(1) Upon the discharge of a seaman from a fishing boat, being a trawler of twenty-five tons tonnage or upwards, or on the payment of his wages, the skipper shall sign and deliver to him a certificate of discharge, in a form approved by the Board of Trade, specifying the period of his service, and the time and place of his discharge.

(2) If a skipper fails to comply with this section, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.