(1) The master shall pay to the proper officer the wages due to a seaman left behind on the ground of his or her unfitness or inability to proceed to sea, if such officer will receive the wages.
(2) Where a payment is made under this section, the proper officer, if satisfied with the account, shall furnish a receipt for the payment.
(3) A payment under this section shall be made, whenever practicable, in cash, and where not so practicable, by bank draft.
(4) A master who fails without reasonable cause to pay wages as provided by this section, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000.