Section 127: Notice of disrating of seaman

(1)
Where the master of a Nigerian ship disrates a seaman, he shall immediately enter or cause to be entered in the official log-book, a statement of the disrating and furnish the seaman with a copy of the entry.
(2)
Any reduction of wages, consequent on the disrating of a seaman shall not take effect until the entry required under subsection (1) of this section has been made and the copy so furnished.
(3)
Any reduction of wages consequent on the disrating of a seaman shall be deemed to be a deduction from wages within the meaning of sections 126 and 127 of this Act.