Section 5
of Merchant Shipping (Property of Deceased Seamen) Regulations, 2007
Section 5
(1)
The master or employer shall deliver any property or part thereof which has not been disposed of under regulation 4[3) to -
{a)
the seaman's next of kin; or
(b)
in the case of any person who appears to be beneficially entitled to the property under a will or on intestacy, to the personal representative of the deceased.
(2)
When any property is left in a country or territory outside Brunei
Darussalam by a seaman who dies while or within 3 months after being employed in a ship, the employer shall make a list of the property and deliver the property to the person as provided in sub-regulation ( 1).
(3)
A person to whom the property has been delivered in accordance with sub-regulation (1) shall give a written acknowledgement of the receipt of the property to the master or employer which shall include a list of all the property so taken into his charge.
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Wages due to deceased seaman.