{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Concerted disobedience and neglect of duty.",
  "text": "(1) If a seaman employed in a United Kingdom ship combines with other seamen employed in that ship—\n(a) to disobey lawful commands which are required to be obeyed at a time while the ship is at sea;\n(b) to neglect any duty which is required to be discharged at such a time; or\n(c) to impede, at such a time, the progress of a voyage or the navigation of the ship,\nhe shall be liable—\n(i) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;\n(ii) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or a fine or both.\n(2) For the purposes of this section a ship shall be treated as being at sea at any time when it is not securely moored in a safe berth.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}