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Section 68: Interest on wages due

Merchant Shipping Act · PART IV: ENGAGEMENT, DISCHARGE AND WELFARE OF SEAMEN

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68. Interest on wages due In any proceedings by the master of a ship or a person employed in a ship otherwise than under a crew agreement for the recovery of any sum due to him as wages, the Court, unless it appears to it that the delay in paying the sum was due to— (a) a mistake; (b) a reasonable dispute as to liability; (c) the act or default of the person claiming the amount; or (d) any other cause, not being the wrongful act or default of the person liable to make the payment, may order the payment of interest at the legal rate for the period beginning 7 days after the sum became due and ending when the sum is paid.

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