146. Rate of exchange
Where a seaman has agreed with the master of a Saint Lucian ship for payment of his or her wages or any part thereof in a specific currency, any payment of or on account of his or her wages if made in any other currency than that stated in the agreement shall, despite anything in the agreement, be made at the rate of exchange current at the place where the payment is made, and such rate of exchange shall be endorsed on the agreement by a proper officer at that place.