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(1) A seafarer or an apprentice lawfully engaged on a Ghanaian ship who commits any of the following offences is liable to be punished summarily in the following manner:

(a) if the seafarer or apprentice leaves the ship without leave after the ship's arrival at a

port, and before the ship is placed in security, the seafarer or apprentice is liable to forfeit out of the seafarer's or apprentice's wages a sum not exceeding one week's pay;

(b) if the seafarer or apprentice is summarily convicted of wilful disobedience to a lawful command, the seafarer or apprentice is liable to imprisonment for a term  not exceeding one month and in addition to forfeit, at the discretion of the Court, out of the seafarer's or apprentice's wages a sum not exceeding two days' pay;

(c) if the seafarer or apprentice is summarily convicted of continued wilful disobedience to a lawful command or continued wilful neglect of duty, the seafarer or apprentice is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and at the discretion of the Court, to forfeit a sum not exceeding two days' pay for each day during which the offence continues or the expenses properly incurred in hiring a substitute;

(d) if the seafarer or apprentice assaults the master or a mate or an officer of the ship, the seafarer or apprentice is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or to both the fine and the imprisonment;

(e) if the seafarer or apprentice conspires with a member of the crew to disobey a lawful command, or to neglect duty, or to impede the navigation of the ship or the progress of the voyage, the seafarer or apprentice is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding six months or to both the fine and the imprisonment;

(j) if the seafarer or apprentice wilfully damages the ship, or dishonestly misappropriates or converts to the seafarer's or apprentice's own use, or commits criminal breach of trust or wilfully damages any of the ship's stores or cargo, the seafarer or apprentice commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to forfeit out of the seafarer's or apprentice's wages a sum equal to the loss sustained, and in addition, at the discretion of the Court, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months; or

(g) if the seafarer or apprentice is summarily convicted of an act of smuggling, by which loss or damage is occasioned to the master or owner of the ship, the seafarer or apprentice is liable to pay to the master or owner a sum sufficient to reimburse the loss or damage and the whole or a proportionate part of the seafarer's or apprentice's wages may be retained in satisfaction or on account of that liability, despite a further penalty.

(2) A seafarer or an apprentice does not commit an offence under subsection (1) by reason only of the seafarer or apprentice refusing duty during a lawful strike after the ship has arrived at a port in Ghana and has been secured in good safety to the satisfaction of the master and the port authority.

(3) A forfeiture or any other payment imposed in respect of an offence under subsection (1) shall not exceed one-half of one month's salary in anyone month, and shall leave the seafarer a sum which is sufficient for the maintenance of the seafarer and the seafarer's dependants.

(4) The master of a ship may in addition to a punishment imposed on a seafarer who contravenes any of the provisions of subsection (1), discharge the seafarer.