Labor Rules, Offenses, & Infractions

Fisheries Management Regulations 2000

Does the law/regulation require foreign vessels to employ national labor?

  • Article 3

    (2) A fishing vessel licence issued in accordance with the Act shall contain such terms and conditions as are specified in Section 43 of the Act and– (f) may specify the number of citizens who are to be employed as crew aboard the vessel during the licence period.

Merchant Shipping Act of 1975

Does the law/regulation require foreign vessels to employ national labor?

  • Article 50

    The master or owner of a ship registered under this Act who permits the ship to go to sea knowing the ship to have a crew consisting of less citizens than the prescribed proportion of the crew, is guilty of an offense. Penalty: [56]A fine not exceeding K10,000.00.

What labor laws apply to fishing workers on ships carrying a national flag?

  • Article 115

    (1)[219] [220]A person who, at a place in the country without the written approval of a Labour Shipping Officer, employs a citizen as a crewman on a ship– (a) to which this Part does not apply; and (b) that is proceeding on a voyage to a place outside the country, is guilty of an offense. (2) Where– (a) there is a contravention of Subsection (1); and (b) a citizen is carried to sea, an owner or the master of the ship in which the citizen is carried to sea is guilty of an offense. Penalty: [221]A fine not exceeding K4,000.00.

  • Full Text

    Summary:

    Entire law particularly from Section 115