Section 5(1)(c) in The Merchant Shipping (Recruitment and Placement of Seafarers) Rules, 2016
(c)ensure that seafarers recruited or placed by it are informed of their rights and duties under their employment agreements, prior to or in the process of their engagement and that proper arrangements are made for such seafarers to examine their employment agreements before and after they are signed on and also that they are provided with copies of the said agreements;