Hong Kong Ordinances

MERCHANT SHIPPING (SEAFARERS) ORDINANCE - SECT 93

Protection of certain rights and remedies

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a seafarer's lien, his remedies for the
recovery of his wages, his right to wages in case of the wreck or loss of his
ship, and any right he may have or obtain in the nature of salvage shall not
be capable of being renounced by any agreement.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not affect such of the terms of any agreement made
with the seafarer belonging to a ship which, in accordance with the agreement,
is to be employed on salvage service, as provide for the remuneration to be
paid to them for salvage services rendered by that ship. (Enacted 1995)