95. Business of seamens employment offices.- (1) It shall be the business of the seamen's employment offices- (a) to regulate and control- (i) the supply of such categories of seamen and for such class of ships as may be prescribed; (ii) the recruitment of persons for employment as seamen and the retirement of seamen from such employment; (iii) the promotion of seamen or changes of their categories; (b) to maintain registers of seamen in respect of the categories prescribed under sub-clause (i) of clause (a); (c) to perform such other duties relating to seamen and merchant ships as are, from time to time, committed to them by or under this Act. (2) Where there is in existence at any port a seamen's employment office, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contender in any other provision of this Act, no person shall receive or accept to be entered on board any ship of the class prescribed under sub-section (1) any seamen of the categories prescribed under that sub-section, unless such seaman has been supplied by such seamen's employment office. (3) The Central Government may make rules for the purpose of enabling seamen's employment offices effectively to exercise their powers under this Act; and in particular and, without prejudice to the generality of such power, such rules may provide for- (a) consultation with respect to any specified matter by seamen's employment offices with such advisory boards or other authorities as the Central Government may think fit to constitute or specify in this behalf; (b) the levy and collection of such fees as may be specified for any seamen's employment office for registering the name of any seaman in any register maintained by it; (c) the issue of directions by the Central Government to any seamen's employment office with reference to the exercise of any of its powers; (d) the suppression of any seamen's employment office which fails to comply with any such direction. | 
