No person employed or engaged in any capacity on board a mechanically propelled vessel shall—
(a) neglect or refuse, without reasonable cause, to join his mechanically propelled vessel or to proceed on any voyage in his vessel;
(b) cause to be absent from his vessel or from his duty at any time without leave and without sufficient cause;
(c) desert from his mechanically propelled vessel;
(d) fail to act or behave with discipline befitting his duty and mandate.
(a) neglect or refuse, without reasonable cause, to join his mechanically propelled vessel or to proceed on any voyage in his vessel;
(b) cause to be absent from his vessel or from his duty at any time without leave and without sufficient cause;
(c) desert from his mechanically propelled vessel;
(d) fail to act or behave with discipline befitting his duty and mandate.
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