S.L. 234.51 Art. 64Provisionofmeans to transfer earnings.

(1) Shipowners shall provide seafarers with a means to transmit all or part of their earnings to their families or dependents or legal beneficiaries. This will be done by, but not limited to -

(a) a system for enabling seafarers, at the time of commencement or during their employment, to allot a proportion of their wages for remittance at regular intervals to their families by bank transfers or similar means; and

(b) a requirement that allotments shall be remitted in due time and directly to the person or persons nominated by the seafarers.

(2) Any charges for the services under sub-rule (1) shall be reasonable in amount and agreed to in accordance with rule 62 and the rate of exchange shall be at the prevailing market rate during the periodical payments, or any other agreement not unfavourable to the seafarer.