S.L. 234.51 Art. 22Special provisions as to employment agreement.

The following provisions shall have effect with respect to a seafarer’s employment agreement:

(a) the agreement shall be signed by the shipowner and the seafarer;

(b) the shipowner, recruitment agency or master, as the case shall be, have the agreement read over and explained to the seafarer, or otherwise ascertain that the seafarer understands the same, before he signs it, and shall attest each signature;

(c) the employment agreement shall be signed in duplicate and one part shall be retained by the shipowner and the other by the seafarer.