Section 113: Account of wages in case of seaman left behind on ground of unfitness, etc.

(1)
Where the master of a Nigerian ship leaves a seaman behind onshore at any port out of Nigeria on the ground of the seaman's unfitness or inability to proceed to sea, the master shall deliver to the appropriate officer at the port, a full and true account of the wages due to the seaman and if the port is a port in a foreign country, the master shall deliver the account in duplicate.
(2)
A master of a ship who fails to comply with the requirements of this section commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than fifty thousand Naira.