Section 72
Engagement and Discharge of Crews
(1)
Except as provided under subsection (5), an agreement in writing shall be made between each person employed as a seaman in a registered Brunei ship and the
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Merchant Shipping persons employing him and shall be signed both by him and by or on behalf of them.
(2)
The agreements made under this section with the several persons employed in a ship shall be contained in one document (hereinafter referred to as a "crew agreement")
except in such cases as the Director may approve.
(3)
The provisions and form of a crew agreement shall be of a kind approved by the Director; and different provisions and forms may be so approved for different cir-cumstances.
( 4) Subject to the following provisions of this sec-tion, a crew agreement shall be carried in the ship to which it relates whenever the ship goes to sea.
(5)
The Minister f~it~'~h~;,~~;~oval of His Majesty s o~/r~
may make regulations providing for exemptions from the requirements of this section
(a)
with respect to such descriptions of ship as may be specified in the regulations or with respect to voyages in such areas or such description of voyages as may be so specified; or
(b)
with respect to such descriptions of seamen as may be specified in the regulations;
and the Minister with the approval of His Majesty may authorise the Director to grant other exemptions from those requirements (whether with respect to particular seamen or with respect to seamen employed by a specified person or in a specified ship or in the ships of a specified person) in cases where the Director is satisfied that the seamen to be em-ployed otherwise than under a crew agreement will be ade-quately protected.
(6)
Where, but for an exemption granted under subsection (5), a crew agreement would be required to be
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Regulations relating to crew agree-ments
Merchant Shipping carried in a ship or a crew agreement carried in a ship would be required to contain an agreement with a person em-ployed in the ship, the ship shall carry such document evidencing the exemption as the Director may direct.
(7)
If a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea in contravention of the requirements of this section the master and the person employing the crew shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $500 and the ship, if in Brunei, may be detained.
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