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Navigation Act 1912
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#### 180 Return to ship
(1) The Authority may order to be put forcibly or otherwise on board his or her ship at any time:
(a) any seaman sentenced under this Part, or
(b) within 24 hours before the sailing of his or her ship, any seaman imprisoned on summary conviction for any offence (other than an offence under this Part) whose ship is about to leave Australia before the expiration of his or her sentence;
and the master of the ship shall keep the seaman on board in custody until after the ship has left its final port of clearance in Australia:
Provided that, in the case of a seaman who is an Australian citizen, no such order shall be made without his or her consent.
(2) Such order shall be a sufficient warrant to the gaoler of any prison to deliver the seaman into custody for the purpose aforesaid.