Compensation to seafarers in event of wreck or loss of ship, etc.
24.—(1)  Where a ship is wrecked or lost, a seafarer whose employment on the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the seafarer’s employment agreement under which he is so employed shall, subject to this section, be entitled to wages, at the rate payable under the agreement at the date of the wreck or loss, for every day on which he is unemployed in the 2 months following that date.
(2)  Where a ship is sold or ceases to be registered in Singapore and a seafarer’s employment on the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the seafarer’s employment agreement under which he is so employed, then, unless otherwise provided in the agreement, the seafarer shall, subject to subsection (3), be entitled to wages at the rate payable under the agreement at the date on which his employment is terminated for every day on which he is unemployed in the 2 months following that date.
(3)  A seafarer shall not be entitled to wages by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) for a day on which he was unemployed, if it is shown —
(a)that the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship or, as the case may be, the termination of his employment on the sale of the ship or its ceasing to be registered in Singapore; or
(b)that the seafarer was able to obtain suitable employment for that day but unreasonably refused to take it.
(4)  The master and a seafarer employed on a ship shall have the same lien and remedies for his wages payable under this section, as a seaman has for his wages.
(5)  Nothing in this section shall affect the rights a seafarer may have under any other rule of law.