ARTICLE 697. If before the voyage is begun it is suspended through the exclusive fault of the captain or ship agent, the passengers shall have the right to a refund of their fares and to recover losses and damages; but if the suspension is due to fortuitous events, or to force majeure, or to any other cause independent of the captain or ship agent, the passengers shall only be entitled to the return of the fare. cd ARTICLE 698. In case a voyage already begun should be interrupted, the passengers shall be obliged to pay the fare in proportion to the distance covered, without right to recover for losses and damages if the interruption is due to fortuitous event or to force majeure, but with a right to indemnity if the interruption should have been caused by the captain exclusively. If the interruption should be caused by the disability of the vessel, and a passenger should agree to await the repairs, he may not be required to pay any increased price of passage, but his living expenses during the stay shall be for his own account. In case of delay in the departure of the vessel, the passengers have the right to remain on board and to be furnished with food for the account of the vessel unless the delay is due to fortuitous events or to force majeure. If the delay should exceed ten days, passengers requesting the same shall be entitled to the return of the fare; and if it is due exclusively to the fault of the captain or ship agent, they may also demand indemnity for losses and damages. A vessel exclusively devoted to the transportation of passengers must take them directly to the port or ports of destination, no matter what the number of passengers may be, making all the stops indicated in its itinerary. ARTICLE 699. If the contract is rescinded, before or after the commencement of the voyage, the captain shall have a right to claim payment of what he may have furnished the passengers.ARTICLE 700. In all matters pertaining to the preservation of order and discipline on board the vessel passengers shall be subject to the orders of the captain, without any distinction whatsoever.
ARTICLE 701. The convenience or the interest of the passengers shall not obligate or empowers the captain to stand in shore or enter places which may take the vessel out of her course, or to remain in the ports he must or in under necessity of touching for a period longer than that required by the needs of navigation.
ARTICLE 702. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, it shall be understood that the subsistence of the passengers during the voyage is included in the price of the passage; but should it be for the account of the latter, the captain shall be under obligation, in case of necessity, to furnish the supply of food necessary for their sustenance at a reasonable price.
ARTICLE 703. A passenger shall be considered a shipper insofar as the goods he carries on board are concerned, and the captain shall not be responsible for what the former may keep under his immediate and special custody, unless the damage arises from an act of the captain or of the crew.
ARTICLE 704. The captain, in order to collect the passage-money and expenses of sustenance, may retain the goods belonging to the passenger, and in case of the sale of the same he shall be given preference over other creditors acting the same way as in the collection of freightage.
ARTICLE 705. In case of the death of a passenger during the voyage, the captain shall be authorized, with regard to the body, to take the steps required by the circumstances, and shall carefully take care of the papers and goods which may be on board belonging to the passenger, observing the provisions of case No. 10 of Article 612 with regard to members of the crew.
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