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Section 42Sec./Art. 42
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Sick Leave and Sickness Benefits. - Seafarers who have contracted a disease or illness after departing from the point of hire, while in transit, or under quarantine, shall be entitled to paid sick leave or sickness benefits as long as they are incapacitated to work until the seafarer joins the vessel.
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