Victorian Consolidated Legislation

SEAMEN'S ACT 1958

No. 6362 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 7 September 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title, commencement and division
   2.      Repeal and savings

   PART I-WATER POLICE

   3.      Vessels may be boarded and searched
   4.      Penalty for wilfully obstructing or resisting persons in search of seamen

   PART II-FOREIGN SEAMEN

   5.      Definitions
           6-8. Repealed
   9.      Vessels or places may be searched
   10.     Warrants not to be issued and offences not to be prosecuted except in certain cases
   11.     Penalties on persons harboring deserters
   12.     Attesting witness need not be called
   13.     Expenses by whom payable
   14.     Service of proceedings
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           SCHEDULE-Repeal
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           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details