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It shall be the duty of shipping masters-- (a) to superintend and facilitate the engagement and discharge of seamen in the manner provided in this Act; (b) to provide means for securing the presence on board at the proper times of the seamen who are so engaged; (c) to facilitate the making of apprenticeship to the sea service; (d) to hear and decide disputes under Section 132 between a master, owner or agent of a ship and any of the crew of the ship; [(dd) to transmit the complaint of any dispute of a foreign seaman of a vessel, registered in a country other than India, in Indian territorial waters, with the master, owner or agent, to the competent authority of the country of registration and a copy of such complaint shall be forwarded to the Director General, International Labour Organisation Office;] (e) to perform such other duties relating to seamen, apprentices and merchant ships as are for the time being committed to them by or under this Act. Inserted by Act 9 of 1998, Section 2 (w.r.e.f. 26/09/1997).