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IRL-1998-L-52661
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Title_of_text
Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1998 (No. 20 of 1998).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Ireland
Subjects (Classification)
Seafarers
Adopted on (Date of text)
1998-06-16
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Amends the Conspiracy and Protection of Property Act, 1875, the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Mercantile Marine Act, 1955, the Merchant Shipping Act, 1992, and the Merchant Shipping (Commissioners of Irish Lights) Act, 1997. Inter alia, repeals sections 222, 224, 225, and 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, which set forth penalties for desertion or absence without leave from ships, including conveyance of seafarers back to the ship which they deserted. Also amends penalties for wilful disobedience.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1992-03-11 (IRL-1992-L-85905)
Merchant Shipping Act, 1992 (No. 2 of 1992).
Amended text(s)
1997-11-18 (IRL-1997-L-85909)
Merchant Shipping (Commissioners of Irish Lights) Act, 1997 (No. 37 of 1997).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act on-line
Author
Irish Statute Book
Country
Ireland
URL
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/act/pub/0020/print.html
File
IRL52661.pdf (PDF)
Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette
Page range
6 p.