Cap. 234 Art. 179Nature and application of forfeitures. 

(1) Save as hereinafter provided, any punishment not restrictive of personal liberty provided for by article 171 and by sub-article (1) of article 173, shall be treated as a fine (multa).

(2) Where any wages or effects are forfeited for desertion from a ship, those effects may be converted into money, and those wages and effects, or the money arising from the conversion of those effects, shall, subject to the reimbursement of the expenses caused by the desertion of the offender to the master or owner of the ship, be paid to the registrar of the court ordering that forfeiture.

(3) For the purposes of the reimbursement of the expenses aforesaid, the master or owner, or his agent, or bareboat charterer may, if the wages are earned subsequently to the desertion, recover them in the same manner as the deserter could have recovered them if not forfeited; and the court in any legal proceeding relating to such wages may order them to be paid accordingly.

(4) Where any wages are forfeited for damage caused to the ship, or to her stores or cargo, the forfeiture shall be for the benefit of the master, or owner or bareboat charterer by whom the wages are payable.