(1) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, it is an implied term of every agreement entered into for the employment of a seafarer in a Ghanaian ship that where the agreement terminates at a port other than the port of engagement, the seafarer shall be returned to a proper return port at the expense of the master or owner of the ship.

(2) The owner, master or agent of the ship shall make such arrangements as are necessary to defray all expenses incurred for the return of a seafarer pursuant to subsection (1).

(3) Subsection (1) applies whether an agreement terminates by

(a) expiry of time;

(b) consent of the parties;

(c) shipwreck;

(d) sale of the ship;

(e) the inability of the seafarer to proceed in the ship by reason of sickness or injury; or

  (f) by any other cause.