Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Dealing with unclaimed property of deceased seaman.
179.—Where no claim to the property of a deceased seaman or apprentice received by the Board of Trade is substantiated within six years after the receipt thereof the Board may in their absolute discretion, if any subsequent claim is made, either allow or refuse the claim, and, subject to the allowance of any such claim, shall apply such property in manner provided by Part Twelve of this Act (relating to the Mercantile Marine Fund).
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C33
Application of ss. 169-181 extended (1.06.1907) by Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7) c. 48, s. 29, commenced as per s. 86(2). Note effect of Merchant Shipping Act, 1906, Adaptation Order 1942 (S.R.& O. No. 484 of 1942).
Property of seaman dying on a ship the voyage of which does not terminate in the United Kingdom.
29. The provisions of Part II of the principal Act, relating to the property of deceased seamen shall be extended so as to apply to seamen belonging to a British ship registered in the United Kingdom, the voyage of which is to terminate out of the United Kingdom, and in that case the British consular officer at the port at which the voyage terminates, or, if the port is in a British possession, the officer of customs there, shall exercise the same powers as he may exercise under those provisions when a ship the voyage of which is to terminate in the United Kingdom touches and remains for forty-eight hours at a port elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, and those provisions shall apply accordingly.