Versions of s. 287(1)
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The master of a Canadian ship shall not leave a seaman behind at any place outside Canada, ashore or at sea, except where the seaman is discharged in accordance with this Act, unless the master previously obtains, endorsed on the agreement with the crew, the certificate of the proper authority stating the cause of the seaman being left behind, whether the cause is unfitness or inability to proceed to sea, desertion, disappearance or otherwise.