If a pilot is detained on board any seagoing vessel he shall be paid by the master, owner, or consignee of the vessel the rate prescribed by the State Corporation Commission for a day’s detention for each day detained. If any pilot is carried beyond the limits of the Commonwealth against his will, he shall be entitled to recover $ 300 from the master or owner of the vessel upon which he has been carried away.

History

Code 1950, § 54-564; 1988, c. 765.