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(1) Where a seafarer

(a) is found in any place outside Ghana after having been shipwrecked from a Ghanaian ship, or

(b) by reason of having been discharged or left behind in a place outside Ghana from

Ghanaian ship which is in distress in that place, the Registrar of seafarers may provide relief to that seafarer in accordance with this Act.

(2) Relief is provided to the seafarer when provision is made

(a) for the return of the seafarer at the expense of the Government to a proper return port

and also for the seafarer's necessary clothing and maintenance until the seafarer's departure from a return port,

(b) in the case of death, for burial expenses, and

(c) in the case of a ship wrecked seafarer, for the repayment of the expenses incurred in the seafarer's conveyance to port after the seafarer's shipwreck and the seafarer's maintenance while being conveyed.

(3) A seafarer for whom relief is provided under subsection (1) (a) is included within the expression "distressed seafarer" in this Act.