Versions of s. 299(3)

On the production of a certificate, signed by the authority by whose directions any distressed seaman was received on board, specifying the number and names of the distressed seamen and the time when each of them was received on board, and on a declaration made by the master before a justice of the peace, or any officer authorized to administer an oath, stating the number of days during which each distressed seaman has received maintenance, and stating the full complement of his crew and the actual number of seamen employed on board his ship, and every variation in that number while the distressed seamen received maintenance, the master is entitled to be paid, in respect of the maintenance and passage of every seaman so conveyed, maintained and provided for by him, exceeding the number, if any, wanted to make up the complement of his crew, such daily allowance as the Minister allows.