Section 70: Right or loss of right to wages

70. Right or loss of right to wages (1) Where a Mauritius ship is wrecked or lost, a master or seafarer whose employment in the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the agreement shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3), be entitled to wages at the rate payable under the agreement at the date of the wreck or loss for every day on which he is unemployed in the 2 months following that date. [Issue 2] M62 – 40 Revised Laws of Mauritius (2) Where a Mauritius ship is sold while outside Mauritius or ceases to be a Mauritius ship and a master’s or a seafarer’s employment in the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the agreement under which he is employed, he shall, subject to subsection (3), be entitled to wages at the rate payable under the agreement at the date on which his employment is terminated for every day on which he is unemployed in the 2 months following that date. (3) A master or seafarer shall not be entitled to wages under subsection (1) or (2) for a day on which he was unemployed, where it is shown that— (a) the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship or, as the case may be, the termination of his employment on the sale of the ship or its ceasing to be a Mauritius ship; or (b) the master or seafarer was able to obtain suitable employment for that day but unreasonably refused or failed to take it.