S.L. 234.51 Art. 82Certain cases of illness.

In the case of a seafarer discharged or left behind suffering from any illness due to his own wilful act or default or to his own misbehaviour, who is to be dealt with under these rules, the expense of providing necessary surgical and medical advice and attendance and medicines, as well as the expenses of the maintenance of the said seafarer until he is cured, or dies, or is returned to a proper return port, and of his conveyance to such port, and in the case of death the expenses, if any, of his burial, shall be met as far as possible out of his wages.