Section 71: Protection of wages and liens
consolidated text (as at 2011, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
71. Protection of wages and liens
(1) A seafarer may not renounce his lien, his remedies for the recovery of
his wages, his right to wages in case of the wreck or loss of his ship and any
right he may have or obtain in the nature of salvage.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not affect any agreement made with a seafarer
belonging to a ship which, in accordance with the agreement, is to be employed on salvage service, provides for the remuneration to be paid to him
for salvage services rendered by that ship.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), a seafarer employed on a Mauritius ship,
other than crew specifically employed for salvage services who have saved
or assisted in saving another ship or its property or the life of a person belonging to that ship, shall be entitled to share in the salvage remuneration
awarded to his own ship.