Versions of s. 254(1)
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Where any wages or effects of a seaman or apprentice are under this Act forfeited for desertion from a ship, those effects may be converted into money, and those wages and effects, or the money arising from the conversion of the effects, shall be applied toward reimbursing the expenses caused to the master or owner of the ship by the deserter, and the remainder, if any, shall be paid to the Receiver General and form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.