(1) Where a seaman or apprentice engaged on a Saint Lucian ship—
(a) leaves the ship without leave after its arrival at a port and before it is placed in security, he or she is liable to forfeit out of his or her wages a sum not exceeding one week's pay;
(b) wilfully disobeys any lawful command, he or she is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, and to forfeit out of his or her wages a sum not exceeding 2 days' pay;
(c) continually disobeys any lawful command, or continually and wilfully neglects his or her duty, he or she commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months, and to forfeit out of his or her wages for every 24 hours continued disobedience or neglect, either a sum not exceeding 2 days' pay or any expenses properly incurred in hiring a substitute;
(d) assaults the master or any mate or officer of the ship, he or she commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year;
(e) combines with any of the crew to disobey lawful commands or to neglect duty or to impede the navigation of the ship or the progress of the voyage, he or she commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year;
(f) wilfully damages his or her ship, or dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his or her own use, or commits criminal breach of trust in respect of, or wilfully damages, any of its stores or cargo, he or she commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year and to forfeit out of his or her wages a sum equal to the loss thereby sustained;
(g) commits an act of smuggling, whereby loss or damage is occasioned to the master or owner of the ship, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to pay to the master or owner a sum sufficient to reimburse the loss or damage and the whole or a proportionate part of his or her wages may be retained in satisfaction or on account of that liability without prejudice to any further remedy;
(h) aids or procures a person to stow away on his or her ship, and that person is afterwards convicted of the offence, the seaman or apprentice commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 6 months, and to pay to the master or owner of the ship a sum sufficient to reimburse the expenses occasioned to that master or owner in respect of the stowaway, and the whole or a proportionate part of the wages of the seaman or apprentice may be retained in satisfaction or on account of that liability, without prejudice to any further remedy.
(2) A seaman or an apprentice shall not be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) by reason only of his or her refusing duty during a lawful strike after his or her ship has arrived and has been secured in good safety to the satisfaction of the master and the port authority at a port in Saint Lucia.
(3) A forfeit or other payment imposed in respect of an offence under subsection (1) shall not exceed 1/2 of one month's salary in any one month, and shall leave the seaman a sum which is sufficient for his or her maintenance and that of his or her dependents.