Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A seaman who is left on shore and is entitled to receive wages under section 132 shall inform a proper authority of his or her address and, if the seaman changes his or her address, shall inform the proper authority of his or her new address.
(2) If, at the expiration of a period of 48 hours after being left on shore or after the change of address, as the case may be, the seaman, without reasonable excuse, fails to inform the proper authority of his or her address or new address, as the case may be, the seaman is not entitled to receive wages under section 132 in respect of any period after the expiration of the period of 48 hours and before he or she so informs the proper authority.
(3) The owner, agent or master of a ship may, by notice in writing given to a seaman who:
(a) has been left on shore from the ship;
(b) is entitled to receive wages under section 132; and
(c) is not an in-patient in a hospital;
direct the seaman to submit himself or herself for medical examination to a duly qualified medical practitioner specified in the notice at or before such time as is so specified and, if the seaman, without reasonable excuse, fails to submit himself or herself for medical examination to the medical practitioner at or before that time, the seaman is not entitled to receive wages under that section in respect of any period after that time and before he or she submits himself or herself for medical examination to that medical practitioner or to such other duly qualified medical practitioner as the owner, agent or master directs.
(4) Nothing in this section affects the entitlement of a seaman to wages under section 132 in respect of a period during which the seaman is an in-patient in a hospital.
(5) In this section, seaman includes master.