(1) Where a complaint is made to the Director or a Surveyor of Ships, that a Saint Lucian ship is unseaworthy, the Minister, or Director may, if he or she thinks fit, require that security to his or her satisfaction be given by the complainant for the costs and compensation that the complainant may become liable to pay under section 348.
(2) The security may not be required when the complaint—
(a) is made by 1/4, being not less than 3, of the seamen belonging to the ship; and
(b) is not frivolous or vexatious in the opinion of the Minister.