(1) Where a seafarer is, by reason of illness incapable of performing the seafarer's duty, and it is proved that the illness has been caused by the seafarer's own wilful act or default, or is a sickness or infirmity wilfully concealed at the time of engagement, the seafarer is not entitled to wages for the period during which the seafarer is, by reason of the illness, incapable of performing the seafarer's duty.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the rights of a seafarer to a payment or other benefits to which the seafarer is entitled under a law providing for compensation to an injured or sick worker.