44. Preservation of order on vessel
The master of a vessel, or any person acting by his or her order, may use against any other person on board the vessel, such force reasonable in the circumstances as is necessary for suppressing any mutiny or disorder on board, whether among officers, seamen or passengers, whereby the safety of the vessel, or of any person therein or about to enter or leaving the vessel, is likely to be endangered, or the master is threatened to be subjected to the commands of any other person; and may kill any person who commits or aids and abets such mutiny or disorder, if the safety of the vessel or the preservation of any person cannot by any means be otherwise secured.