(1) The master shall, at the commencement of every foreign voyage or engagement, cause a legible copy of the crew agreement, omitting the signatures, to be displayed in some part of the ship which is accessible to the crew.
(2) Every erasure, amendment or alteration in any crew agreement, except additions made for the purpose of shipping substitutes or persons engaged after the first departure of the ship, shall be without effect unless proved to have been made with the consent of all persons interested in the erasure, amendment or alteration.
(3) In any proceedings, a seaman may introduce evidence to prove the contents of any crew agreement or otherwise to support his or her case without producing or giving notice to produce the agreement or any copy thereof.
(4) Every person who fraudulently alters, makes any false entry in, or delivers a false copy of, any crew agreement commits an offence.