The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section 97. Misconduct endangering life or vessel.
No seafarer belonging to an Indian vessel wherever it may be, or to any other vessel while in India, shall knowingly,---
(a) do anything tending to the immediate loss or destruction of, or serious damage to, the vessel, or tending immediately to endanger the life of, or to cause injury to any person belonging to or onboard the vessel; or
(b) refuse or omit to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving the vessel from immediate loss, destruction or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or onboard the vessel from danger to life or from injury.
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