The Committee deplores the fact that the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 is still in force, which provides that seafarers absent without permission are punished by being forced to work on board ship.
140. 1894年的《商业航运法》仍然有效，其中规定，对未经批准不出工的海员罚以船上强劳，委员会对此深感遗憾。