Wages
20.—(1)  Except as otherwise provided in this Act or any other written law, the wages due to a seafarer under a seafarer’s employment agreement shall be paid to him in full on a monthly basis, before the expiry of the last day of the month in respect of which the salary is payable.
(2)  If any amount which, under subsection (1), is payable to a seafarer is not paid at the time at which it is so payable, the seafarer shall be entitled to wages at the rate last payable under the seafarer’s employment agreement for every day on which it remains unpaid until the full amount is paid.
(3)  Subsection (2) shall not apply if the failure to pay was due to any reasonable dispute as to liability or to the act or default of the seafarer or to any other cause, not being the wrongful act or default of the person liable to pay his wages or of his employee or agent.
(4)  The master of a ship shall deliver to each seafarer employed on the ship under a seafarer’s employment agreement, a monthly account of wages due to him under that agreement, including but not limited to basic wage, basic leave wage, overtime pay and other allowances stated in the agreement, and additional payments and deductions subject to which the wages are payable (referred to in this section as the account).
(5)  Where the payment is made in a currency or at a rate that is different from the one agreed to, the account should also indicate the rate of exchange used, which shall either be the prevailing market rate of the bank designated by the seafarer or the exchange rate set out in the collective agreement for the duration of the agreement, provided that such exchange rate is not unfavourable to the seafarer.
(6)  The account shall indicate that the amounts stated therein are subject to any later adjustment that may be found necessary and shall be delivered before the expiry of the last day of the month in respect of which the salary is payable.
(7)  If the amounts stated in the account require adjustment, the person who employed the seafarer shall deliver to him a further account stating the adjusted amounts, and that account shall be delivered to him before the expiry of the last day of the next month in respect of which the salary is payable.
(8)  Any person who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with subsection (4), (6) or (7) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.