(1) Where a seaman while on board a Saint Lucian ship informs the master of the ship that he or she wishes to make a complaint to a court, a proper officer or the Registrar of Seamen, against the master or any of the crew, the master shall, as soon as the service of the ship will permit, allow the complainant to go ashore, so that he or she can make his or her complaint—
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(a) if the ship is then at a place where there is a court, proper officer or the Registrar of Seamen, at that place; or
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(b) if the ship is not then at such a place, upon the arrival of the ship at such a place.