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(1) Where a complaint is made to the Director-General or a surveyor that a ship is unseaworthy, the complainant may be required to give security to the satisfaction of the Director-General or surveyor, as the case may be, for any costs and compensation which the complainant may become liable to pay under subsection (3).

(2) The security referred to in subsection (1) shall not be required where the complaint relating to a ship

(a) is made by at least three of the seafarers belonging to the ship; and

(b) is not in the opinion of the Director-General or surveyor frivolous or vexatious, as the case may be, but in such a case the Director-General or surveyor shall if the complaint is made in sufficient time before the sailing of the ship, take proper steps for ascertaining whether the ship ought to be detained.

(3) Where a ship is detained in consequence of any complaint under subsection (1), and the circumstances are such that the Director-General is liable under section 342 to pay to the owner of the ship any costs or compensation, the complainant is liable to pay to the Authority all the costs and compensation the Authority incurs or is liable to pay in respect of the detention and survey of the ship.