Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Restriction on sale of, and charge upon, wages.
163.— (1) As respects wages due or accruing to a seaman or apprentice to the sea service—
(a) they shall not be subject to attachment or arrestment from any court;
(b) an assignment or sale thereof made prior to the accruing thereof shall not bind the person making the same;
(c) a power of attorney or authority for the receipt thereof shall not be irrevocable; and
(d) a payment of wages to the seaman or apprentice shall be valid in law, notwithstanding any previous sale or assignment of those wages, or any attachment, incumbrance, or arrestment thereof.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of this Act with respect to allotment notes.
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Modifications (not altering text):
C21
Application of subs. (1)(a)-(d) restricted (14.06.1939) by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1939 (12/1939), s. 2(4), commenced on enactment.
Contributions to superannuation funds from wages of seamen.
2.— ...
(4) Paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) of section 163 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (which places restrictions upon certain dispositions by seamen and apprentices of their wages), shall not apply to any application under this section of wages, or of a part of any wages, in payment of contributions to a fund to which this section applies, and paragraphs (a) and (d) of the said sub-section (1) shall not apply to anything done or to be done for giving effect to such application.