Section 115: Application by appropriate officer of payments on account of seaman left behind in foreign country

Where the amount of wages due to a seaman left behind is, pursuant to section 115 of this Act, paid to an appropriate officer in a foreign country, the officer shall deal with the sum paid to him in the following manner:
(a)
if the seaman subsequently obtains employment at or quits the port at which the payment has been made, deduct out of the sum any expenses incurred by the appropriate officer in respect of the maintenance of the seaman pursuant to this Part of this Act except such expenses as the owner or master is by this part of this Act required to defray, pay the remainder to the seaman and deliver to the seaman an account of the sums so received and expended on his behalf;
(b)
if the seaman dies before his ship quits the port, the appropriate officer shall deal with the sum as part of the property of a deceased seaman;
(c)
if the seaman is sent to a proper return port at the public expense in accordance with this Act or any regulations made under this Act, the appropriate officer shall account for the sum to the Minister and the sum, after any expense duly incurred in respect of the seaman have been deducted except such expenses as the owner or master is by this part required to defray, shall be dealt with as wages of the seaman.