Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe right to wages shall not depend on the earning of freight; and every seaman who would be entitled to demand and recover any wages, if the ship in which the seaman has served had earned freight, shall, subject to all other rules of law and conditions applicable to the case, be entitled to claim and recover his or her wages, notwithstanding that freight has not been earned.
But in all cases of wreck or loss of the ship, proof that any seaman has not exerted himself or herself to the utmost to save the ship, human life, cargo, stores, and equipment, shall bar his or her claim to wages.
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