(1) A seafarer may be sent to a proper return port by a reasonable route.

(2) Provision may be made for the return of a seafarer by

(a) providing the seafarer with suitable employment on board a ship that is proceeding to a proper return port and that is in need of men to make up its complement, or

(b) providing the seafarer with a passage in a ship or an aircraft or in any other public transport and providing for the seafarer's maintenance during the journey.

(3) Where the master of a ship is required under this Part to provide for the return of a discharged seafarer to a proper return port, the master may, instead of providing the seafarer's passage or the expenses of the seafarer's journey, deposit with a proper officer the sum that the proper officer considers sufficient to defray the expenses of the return of the seafarer to a proper return port.

(4) Where a seafarer is repatriated as a member of a crew, the seafarer is entitled to the appropriate remuneration for work done during the voyage.