When the service of a seafarer belonging to a South African ship terminates without the consent of the said seafarer at a place other than a proper return port, and before the expiration of the period for which the seafarer was engaged, the master or owner of the ship shall, in addition to any other relative obligation imposed on the seafarer by this Act, make adequate provision for the maintenance of the seafarer according to his or her rank or
rating, and for the return of that seafarer to a proper return port.
