Section 90
of Merchant Shipping Order, 2002
Section 90
(1)
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, make regulations providing for the custody of and dealing with-
(a)
any property left on board a ship by a seaman dying while or after being employed on the ship;
(b)
any property left in a country or territory outside Brunei
Darussalam by a seaman dying while or within such period as provided for in the regulations after being employed on a ship; and
(c)
the recovery by the Director of any wages which, at the time of a seaman's death, were due to him in respect of his employment on a ship.
(2)
Regulations made under this section may require the recording of particulars and the rendering of accounts and may enable the Director or any person having custody of any such property to sell it by auction or otherwise and account for the proceeds.
Disposal of property of deceased seamen.