The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section 87. Restrictions on suits for wages.
A proceeding for the recovery of wages due to a seafarer shall not be instituted by or on behalf of any seafarer in any civil court except where,---
(a) the ship owner has been declared insolvent;
(b) the vessel is under arrest or sold by the authority of any court; or
(c) a Judicial Magistrate of the first class refers a claim to the court.
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