Colombian Commercial Code - Decree 410 of 1971 - Book Five - Navigation - Part One - From the Navigation Aquatics - Title V - CREW - From: Section 1506 to: 1512 Art

TITLE V

CREW

Section 1506 .- It is the crew all people on board, designed to meet all ship services provided with its respective navigation licenses.

Section 1507 .- The only crew on the ship can load things in ordinary personal use, unless authorized by the owner and pay the corresponding freight.

Section 1508 .- Subject to the provisions on labor standards, collective bargaining agreements or special provisions of individual contracts of employment, officers and crew are required in particular:

1. On board at the time the contract or master point it requires;

2. Obey the captain and officers in their hierarchical order, in all matters relating to the service and order of the ship;

3. Stay on the ship and in place. Absences require authorization from their superiors;

4. To ensure the regularity of service, and maintenance of equipment in their charge;

5. Temporarily meet the diverse functions of his own title, industry, profession or degree, in cases of necessity in the interest of navigation, and

6. Providing the necessary declarations required by the authority on the justification or not the acts of protest.

Section 1509 .- Unless expressly stated otherwise, the means of agreement entered into by the outward journey and return.

Section 1510 .- If the deadline for the contract period expires during the voyage, the enrollment will be extended until the end of the trip.

Section 1511 .- Personnel under the Articles of Agreement should be returned to a specific place or landed on it in any case be taken to that place.

Section 1512 .- Articles of agreement entered into abroad, to serve on ships flying the Colombian flag, shall be governed by Colombian law even if the contract is initiated in a foreign port.