Section 199: Deductions of fines from wages and payment to superintendent

(1)
Where the agreement of a seaman belonging to a Nigerian ship imposes a fine for any act of misconduct the fine shall be deducted as provided in this subsection-
(a)
if the seaman is discharged in Nigeria and the offence and the entry in the log-book required by this Act in respect of the offence, are proved to the satisfaction of the superintendent before whom the seaman is discharged, the master or owner shaII deduct the fine from the wages of the offender and pay it to the superintendent;
(b)
if the seaman is discharged abroad, and the offence and the entry referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection are proved to the satisfaction of the appropriate officer by whose sanction the seaman is discharged, the fine shall be deducted as specified in paragraph (a) and shall be paid to the appropriate officer and an entry of that deduction and payment shall be made in the official log-book of the ship which shall be signed by the appropriate officer.
(2)
Every fine paid to the superintendent or appropriate officer, as the case may be, under this section shall be paid by him into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(3)
Any master or owner of a ship who fails, without reasonable cause, to pay any fine required to be paid under this section, commits an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not exceeding six times the amount of the fine not so paid.
(4)
An act of misconduct for which a fine has been imposed and paid by or deducted from the wages of the seaman shall not be otherwise punishable under this Act.