REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

30TH CONSTITUTIONAL REGULAR SESSION, 2009

BILL NO.: 61

P.L. 2006 - 33

MERCHANTS SEAFARERS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2009.
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AN ACT

to amend section 842 of the Merchants Seafarers Act 1990, in order to include all seafarers in the working hours, rest hours and overtime provisions of section 842.

ENACTED BY THE NITIJELA OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS:

Section 1. Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the Merchants Seafarers (Amendment) Act, 2009.

Section 2. Amendments.

Section 842 of the Merchants Seafarers Act is hereby amended to read as follows:

§ 842. Working hours, rest hours and overtime.

In relation to all seafarers on a vessel engaged in foreign trade:

(a) the normal hours of work in port and at sea shall be eight per day;

(b) work performed over and above the eight-hour period shall be considered as overtime and shall be compensated for at overtime rates;

(c) a sufficient number of seafarers shall be employed to promote safety of life at sea and to avoid excessive overtime; and

(d) whenever the Master of any vessel shall fail to comply with this Section, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars (US$100).

Section 3. Effective Date.

This Act shall take effect in accordance with the Constitution and the Rules of Procedures of the Nitijela.

CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify:

1. That Nitijela Bill No: 61 was passed by the Nitijela of the Republic of the Marshall Islands on the 14th day of October, 2009; and

2. That I am satisfied that Nitijela Bill No: 61 was passed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Rules of Procedures of the Nitijela.

I hereby place my signature before the Clerk this 9th day of November , 2009. 

Attest:

Jurelang Zedkaia 
Speaker
Nitijela of the Marshall Islands	Joe E. Riklon 
Clerk
Nitijela of the Marshall Islands