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| Name: | The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1976 (Relevant Sections). |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Subject(s): | Seafarers |
| Type of legislation: | Regulation, Decree, Ordinance |
| Adopted on: | 1976 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | BGD-1976-R-59489 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=59489&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Labour and Industrial Laws of Bangladesh, 2000-04, Nirmalendu Dhar (with the assistance of Nesar Ahmed), Remisi Publishers, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 867-876 |
| Abstract/Citation: | Sections 98 to 117 provide for labour related issues. Provides, among other things, that no young person under fifteen years of age shall be engaged to work in any capacity in any ship. Regulates also engagement of young persons as trimmers or stokers, medical examination of young persons, maintenance of list or register of young persons in a ship and agreements with crew. |
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