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PART IV
CREW MATTERS
52.
—(1) This Part shall not apply to —
(a)
any ship employed exclusively in the fishing industry;
(b)
any pleasure craft;
(c)
any harbour craft; and
(d)
any ship which is not propelled by mechanical means.
(2) Subject to subsection (1) and to any extension to foreign ships under section 97, this Part shall apply only to Singapore ships.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, except sections 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81 and 83, “seaman” (notwithstanding the definition in section 2) includes the master of a ship.
53.
—(1) Except as provided under subsection (4), an agreement in writing shall be made between each person employed as a seaman on a ship and the person employing him and shall be signed both by him and by or on behalf of the person employing him.
(2) The agreements made under this section with the several persons employed on a ship shall be contained in one document (referred to in this Act as a crew agreement) except that in such cases as the Director may approve —
(a)
the agreements to be made under this section with the persons employed on a ship may be contained in more than one crew agreement; and
(b)
one crew agreement may relate to more than one ship.
(3) Subject to this section, a crew agreement shall be carried in the ship to which the agreement relates whenever the ship goes to sea.
(4) This section shall not apply to any ship of less than 25 net tons exclusively employed in trading within such limits as are prescribed by regulations.
(5) If a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea in contravention of the requirements of this section, the master or the person employing the crew of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, and the ship may be detained.
54.
—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the particulars to be entered in a crew agreement and the procedure to be followed in connection with the engagement and discharge of seamen from ships.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, in the regulations make provision —
(a)
regarding the period of validity of a crew agreement and the circumstances under which it may be extended;
(b)
requiring the engagement and discharge to be recorded, whether by entries in the crew agreement and discharge book or otherwise, and requiring copies of any such entry to be given to the Director;
(c)
requiring the posting in ships of copies of or extracts from crew agreements;
(d)
for cases where a seaman employed on a ship is left behind otherwise than on being discharged from the ship; and
(e)
requiring the crew agreement to be produced to the Director when the ship is in Singapore.
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55. Where a ship registered in Singapore ceases to be so registered, any seaman employed on the ship shall be discharged from the ship unless he consents in writing to continue his employment on the ship; and sections 56 to 59 shall apply in relation to his wages as if the ship had remained registered in Singapore.
56.
—(1) Except as provided by this Act or any other written law, the wages due to a seaman under a crew agreement relating to a ship shall be paid to him in full at the time when he leaves the ship on being discharged therefrom (referred to in this section and in section 57 as the time of discharge).
(2) If the amount shown in the account delivered to a seaman under section 57(1) as being the amount payable to him under subsection (1) is replaced by an increased amount shown in a further account delivered to him under section 57(3), the balance shall be paid to him within 7 days of the time of discharge.
(3) If any amount which, under subsection (2), is payable to a seaman is not paid at the time at which it is so payable, the seaman shall be entitled to wages at the rate last payable under the crew agreement for every day on which it remains unpaid until the full amount is paid.
(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply if the failure to pay was due to any reasonable dispute as to liability or to the act or default of the seaman or to any other cause, not being the wrongful act or default of the person liable to pay his wages or of his employee or agent.
(5) Where a seaman is employed under a crew agreement relating to more than one ship, this section shall have effect, in relation to wages due to him under the agreement, as if for any reference to the time of discharge there were substituted a reference to the termination of his employment under the crew agreement.
(6) Where a seaman is discharged under section 55, from a ship outside his port of return but returns to that port under arrangement made by the person who employed him, this section shall have effect, in relation to the wages due to him under a crew agreement relating to the ship, as if for the references in subsections (1) to (3) to the time of discharge there were substituted references to the time of his return to that port and subsection (5) were omitted.
57.
—(1) Subject to subsection (4) and to regulations made under section 58 or 85, the master of every ship shall deliver to every seaman employed on the ship under a crew agreement an account of wages due to him under that crew agreement and of the deductions subject to which the wages are payable.
(2) The account shall indicate that the amounts stated therein are subject to any later adjustment that may be found necessary and shall be delivered not later than 24 hours before the time of discharge or, if the seaman is discharged without notice or at less than 24 hours’ notice, at the time of discharge.
(3) If the amounts stated in the account require adjustment, the person who employed the seaman shall deliver to him a further account stating the adjusted amounts; and that account shall be delivered to him not later than the time at which the balance of his wages is payable to the seaman.
(4) Where a seaman is employed under a crew agreement relating to more than one ship any account which under this section would be required to be delivered to him by the master of the ship shall instead be delivered to him by the person employing him and shall be so delivered on or before the termination of his employment under the crew agreement.
(5) If a person fails without reasonable cause to comply with any of the provisions of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
58. The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations —
(a)
authorising deductions to be made from the wages due to a seaman under a crew agreement (in addition to any deduction authorised by any of the provisions of this Act or any other written law) in cases where a breach of his obligation under the crew agreement is alleged against him and such condition, if any, as may be specified in the regulations are complied with, or in such other cases as may be specified in the regulations;
(b)
regulating the manner in which the amounts deducted under the regulations are to be dealt with;
(c)
prescribing the manner in which such wages due to a seaman under a crew agreement are to be or may be paid;
(d)
regulating the manner in which such wages are to be dealt with and accounted for in circumstances where a seaman leaves his ship otherwise than on being discharged therefrom; and
(e)
prescribing the form and manner in which any account required to be delivered under section 57 is to be prepared and the particulars to be contained therein (which may include estimated amounts).
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59.
—(1) Any dispute, of whatever nature, between a seaman and the person employing the seaman, the master or the owner of a ship may be submitted by any party to the Director for decision, or, in the case of a dispute relating to the amount payable to a seaman under a crew agreement and the amount exceeds $5,000, by all the parties involved except that if the Director is of opinion that the dispute is one which ought to be decided by a court of law, the Director may refuse to decide it.
(2) The decision of the Director on a dispute submitted to him under this section shall be final.
(3) An award made by the Director upon the submission shall be conclusive as to the rights of the parties, and the submission or award shall not require a stamp; and a document purporting to be the submission or award shall be admissible as evidence thereof.
60.
—(1) Subject to this section, the following provisions shall have effect with respect to the wages due or accruing to a seaman employed on a ship:
(a)
the wages shall not be subject to attachment;
(b)
an assignment thereof before they have accrued shall not bind the seaman and the payment of the wages to the seaman shall be valid notwithstanding any previous assignment or charge; and
(c)
a power of attorney or authority for the receipt of the wages shall not be irrevocable.
(2) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of this Act with respect to allotment notes.
(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to any disposition relating to the application of wages —
(a)
in the payment of contributions to a fund declared by regulations to be a fund to which this section applies; or
(b)
in the payment of contributions in respect of the membership of a body declared by regulations to be a body to which this section applies,
or to anything done or to be done for giving effect to such a disposition.
61. Subject to this Act, an assignment or sale of salvage payable to a seaman made prior to the accruing thereof shall not bind the person making the assignment or sale of salvage; and a power of attorney or authority for the receipt of any such salvage shall not be irrevocable.
62.
—(1) Subject to this section, a seaman may, by means of an allotment note issued in accordance with regulations, allot to any person part of the wages to which he will become entitled in the course of his employment on a ship.
(2) A seaman’s right to make an allotment under this section shall be subject to such limitations as may, by virtue of subsection (3), be imposed by regulations.
(3) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may prescribe the form of allotment notes and may —
(a)
limit the circumstances in which allotment notes may be made;
(b)
limit (whether by reference to an amount or by reference to a proportion) the part of the wages that may be allotted and the number of persons to whom it may be allotted and may prescribe the method by which that part is to be calculated;
(c)
limit the persons to whom the allotments may be made by a seaman to persons of such descriptions or persons standing to him in such relationships as may be prescribed by the regulations; and
(d)
prescribe the times and the intervals at which payments under allotment notes are to be made.
63.
—(1) A person to whom any part of a seaman’s wages has been allotted by an allotment note issued in accordance with regulations made under section 62 shall have the right to recover that part in his own name and for that purpose shall have the same remedies as the seaman has for the recovery of his wages.
(2) In any proceedings brought by a person named in such an allotment note as the person to whom any part of a seaman’s wages has been allotted, it shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that the seaman is entitled to the wages specified in the note and that the allotment has not been varied or cancelled.
64.
—(1) Where a ship is wrecked or lost, a seaman whose employment on the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the agreement under which he is so employed shall, subject to this section, be entitled to wages at the rate payable under the agreement at the date of the wreck or loss for every day on which he is unemployed in the 2 months following that date unless it is proved that he did not make reasonable efforts to save the ship and the persons and property carried in it.
(2) Where a ship is sold or ceases to be registered in Singapore and a seaman’s employment on the ship is thereby terminated before the date contemplated in the agreement under which he is so employed, then, unless otherwise provided in the agreement, the seaman shall, subject to subsection (3), be entitled to wages at the rate payable under the agreement at the date on which his employment is terminated for every day on which he is unemployed in the 2 months following that date.
(3) A seaman shall not be entitled to wages by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) for a day on which he was unemployed, if it is shown —
(a)
that the unemployment was not due to the wreck or loss of the ship or, as the case may be, the termination of his employment on the sale of the ship or its ceasing to be registered in Singapore; or
(b)
that the seaman was able to obtain suitable employment for that day but unreasonably refused to take it.
65. If a seaman, having signed an agreement, is discharged otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof before the commencement of the voyage, or before one month’s wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying that discharge, and without his consent, the seaman shall be entitled to receive from the person employing him, in addition to any wages which he has earned, due compensation for the damage caused to him by the discharge, not exceeding one month’s wages and may recover that compensation as if it were wages duly earned.
66. Where the service of a seaman terminates before the date contemplated in his agreement, by reason of his being left ashore at any place outside his port of return under a medical certificate of unfitness or inability to proceed on a voyage, the seaman shall be entitled to wages up to the time of such termination, but not for any longer period.
67.
—(1) A seaman’s lien, his remedies for the recovery of his wages, his right to wages in case of the wreck or loss of his ship, and any right he may have or obtain in the nature of salvage shall not be capable of being renounced by any agreement.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect such term of any agreement made with a seaman belonging to a ship which, in accordance with the agreement, is to be employed on salvage service, as provide for the remuneration to be paid to him for salvage services rendered by that ship.
68. The master of a ship shall have the same lien and remedies for his remuneration and all disbursements or liabilities properly made or incurred by him on account of the ship, as a seaman has for his wages.
69. In any action or other legal proceedings by any seaman of a ship for the recovery of any sum due to him on account of wages, the court may, if it appears that the payment of the sum due has been delayed otherwise than owing to the act or default of the seaman or to any reasonable dispute as to liability, or to any other cause not being the wrongful act or default of the person liable to make the payment, order that person to pay, in addition to any sum due on account of wages, such sum as the court thinks just as damages in respect of the delay, without prejudice to any claim which may be made by the seaman on that account.
70.
—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring such provisions and water to be provided for seamen employed on ships.
(2) Regulations made under this section may require a ship to carry such weighing and measuring equipment as may be necessary to ensure that the quantities of provisions and water supplied to seamen employed on the ship are in accordance with the regulations.
(3) If any regulation made under this section is not complied with, the master or the person employing the seamen of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 unless he proves that the failure to comply was not due to his neglect or default.
(4) If a person empowered under this Act to inspect the provisions and water to be supplied to the seamen employed on a ship is not satisfied that the provisions and water are in accordance with regulations made under this section, the ship may be detained.
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71.
—(1) If 3 or more seamen employed on a ship consider that the provisions or water provided for the seamen employed on that ship are not in accordance with the regulations made under section 70 (whether because of bad quality, unfitness for use or deficiency in quantity) they may complain to the master of the ship who shall investigate the complaint.
(2) If the seamen are dissatisfied with the action taken by the master as a result of his investigation or by his failure to take any action, they may state their dissatisfaction to him and may complain to the Director; and thereupon the master shall make adequate arrangements to enable the seamen to do so as soon as the service of the ship permits.
(3) The Director shall, upon receiving the complaint made under subsection (2), investigate the complaint and may examine the provisions or water or cause them to be examined.
(4) If the master of a ship fails without reasonable cause to comply with subsection (2), he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and if he has been notified in writing by the person making any examination under subsection (3) that any provisions or water are found to be unfit for use or not of the quality required by the regulations, then —
(a)
if they are not replaced within a reasonable time the master or the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 unless he proves that the failure to replace them was not due to his neglect or default; and
(b)
if the master of the ship, without reasonable cause, permits them to be used, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
72.
—(1) If a seaman employed on a ship considers that he has cause to complain about the master or any other seaman employed on the ship or about the conditions on board the ship, he may complain to the master.
(2) If the seaman is dissatisfied with the action taken by the master on the complaint or by his failure to take any action, he may state his dissatisfaction to the master and may complain to the Director; and thereupon the master shall make adequate arrangements to enable the seaman to do so as soon as the service of the ship permits.
(3) If the master of a ship fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
73.
—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring ships to carry such medicines and other medical stores (including books containing instructions and advice) as may be specified in the regulations.
(2) If a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea without carrying the medical stores which it is required to carry by regulations made under this section, the master or the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 unless he proves that the failure to carry the medical stores was not due to his neglect or default.
(3) If a person empowered under this Act to inspect the medical stores carried in a ship is not satisfied that the ship carries the stores which it is required to carry by the regulations made under this section, the ship may be detained.
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74. Where a ship does not carry a doctor among the seamen employed on it, the master of the ship shall make arrangements for securing that any medical attention on board the ship is given either by him or under his supervision by a person appointed by him for the purpose.
75.
—(1) If a seaman, while employed on a ship, receives any surgical or medical treatment or such dental or optical treatment (including the repair or replacement of any appliance) as cannot be postponed without impairing efficiency, the reasonable expenses thereof shall be borne by the person employing him, and if he dies while so employed and is buried or cremated outside his port of return, the expenses of his burial or cremation or the return of the body to his home shall also be borne by that person.
(2) A compensation shall be payable by the person employing a seaman for the death of or injury to the seaman employed on a Singapore ship who is not covered under the Work Injury Compensation Act [Cap. 354] and such compensation shall not be less than that provided under that Act.
76. If a seaman employed on a ship is, while on board the ship, under the influence of drink or a drug to such an extent that his capacity to fulfil his responsibility for the ship or to carry out his duties is impaired, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
77.
—(1) If a seaman employed on a ship —
(a)
persistently and wilfully neglects his duty;
(b)
persistently and wilfully disobeys lawful commands; or
(c)
combines with other seamen employed on the ship —
(i)
to disobey lawful commands which are required to be obeyed at a time while the ship is at sea;
(ii)
to neglect any duty which is required to be discharged at such time; or
(iii)
to impede, at such a time, the progress of a voyage or the navigation of the ship,
he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a ship shall be treated as being at sea at any time when it is not securely moored in a safe berth.
78. Where a person goes to sea in a ship without the consent of the master of the ship or of any other person authorised to give it or is conveyed in a ship in pursuance of section 85(4)(a), section 77(1)(b) and (c) shall apply as if that person were a seaman employed on the ship.
79. In any proceedings for an offence under section 76, it shall be a defence to prove that at the time of the act or omission alleged against the defendant he was under the influence of a drug taken by him for medical purposes and either that he took it on medical advice and complied with any directions given as part of that advice or that he had reason to believe that the drug might not have the influence it had.
80.
—(1) For the purpose of maintaining discipline on board a ship, the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing any misconduct on board as a disciplinary offence and enabling the master of the ship, or such officer as may under the regulations be required or authorised to exercise the powers of the master, to impose fines on any seaman committing any disciplinary offence.
(2) The regulations made under this section may provide for —
(a)
the fine that may be imposed on a seaman in respect of each disciplinary offence;
(b)
the procedure to be followed in dealing with the disciplinary offence; and
(c)
the circumstances in which the master of a ship may remit the whole or part of any fine imposed thereunder.
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81.
—(1) A seaman on whom a fine has been imposed for a disciplinary offence may, in accordance with the regulations made under this section, appeal against the decision to the Director, and on such an appeal, the Director may confirm or quash the decision and may remit the whole or part of the fine.
(2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations under this section to provide for —
(a)
the procedure to be followed on any such appeal;
(b)
the time within which notice of an intended appeal is to be given by the appellant to the master and by the master to the Director; and
(c)
the place at which the appeal is to be heard.
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82. Where any conduct is both a disciplinary offence and an offence against any provision of this Act, then if it has been dealt with as a disciplinary offence, it shall not be dealt with as an offence against that provision.
83.
—(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the amount of a fine imposed on a seaman for a disciplinary offence, so far as not remitted by the master or on appeal, may be deducted from his wages or otherwise recovered by the person employing him and shall be paid by him (whether or not it has been so deducted or otherwise recovered) to the Director.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) —
(a)
if the wages or part thereof are paid by the master of a ship on his own behalf or on behalf of the person employing the seaman, as the case may be, the said amount shall be paid at the time when the seaman leaves the ship at the end of his agreement or, if earlier, when his employment on the ship is terminated;
(b)
in any other case, the master shall at that time notify the amount to the person employing the seaman, and the person shall pay it when the next payment in respect of the seaman’s wages falls to be made by him.
(3) Where an appeal against such a fine is pending at the time mentioned in subsection (2), no amount shall by reason of the fine be deducted, recovered, paid or notified under subsections (1) and (2) until the appeal has been disposed of; but regulations made under section 80 may provide for the amount of the fine to be provisionally deducted from the seaman’s wages pending the appeal.
84. If a seaman employed on a ship is found in civil proceedings before a court in Singapore or elsewhere to have committed an act of smuggling, whether in Singapore or elsewhere, he shall be liable to make good any loss or expense that the act has caused to any other person.
85.
—(1) Where a person employed as a seaman on a ship is left behind in any country or is taken to any country on being shipwrecked, the person who last employed him as a seaman shall make such provision for his return and for his relief and maintenance as may be required by regulations.
(2) The regulations to be so made may include the repayment of expenses incurred in bringing a shipwrecked seaman ashore and maintaining him until he is brought ashore and the payment of the expenses of the burial or cremation of a seaman who dies before he can be returned.
(3) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations providing for the manner in which any wages due to any person left behind or taken to any country as mentioned in subsection (1) and any property of his left on board the ship are to be dealt with.
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(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1), (2) and (3), regulations made under this section may make provision —
(a)
for requiring the master of any ship to convey a person to a place determined in accordance with the regulations and for enabling the Director to give the master directions for that purpose;
(b)
for the making of payments in respect of the conveyance of a person in accordance with the regulations; and
(c)
for the keeping of records and the rendering of accounts.
(5) This section shall also apply to a person left behind on being discharged in pursuance of section 55, whether or not at the time he is left behind the ship is still registered in Singapore.
86. Where a person left behind in or taken to any country as mentioned in section 85(1) remains there after the end of a period of 3 months, the person who last employed him as a seaman shall not be liable under that section to make provision for his return or for any matter arising after the end of that period, unless he has, before the end of that period, been under an obligation imposed on him by regulations made under that section to make provision with respect to him.
87.
—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations providing for the custody of and dealing with —
(a)
any property left on board a ship by a seaman dying while or after being employed on the ship;
(b)
any property left in a country outside Singapore by a seaman dying while or within such period as provided for in the regulations after being employed on a ship; and
(c)
the recovery by the Director of any wages which, at the time of a seaman’s death, were due to him in respect of his employment on a ship.
(2) Regulations made under this section may require the recording of particulars and the rendering of accounts and may enable the Director or any person having custody of any such property to sell it by auction or otherwise and account for the proceeds.
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88.
—(1) Where, on the death of a seaman, any property comes into the hands of the Director by virtue of section 87, the Director may satisfy out of them any expenses incurred by the Director in respect of the seaman or his property.
(2) If the value of the residue of the property does not exceed $5,000, the Director may at any time pay or deliver it to any of the persons mentioned in subsection (3) or distribute it among them, unless a grant of representation has then been made and the Director knows of it; and the Director shall thereby be discharged from any further liability in respect of the residue.
(3) The persons referred to in subsection (2) are —
(a)
any person appearing to the Director to be a person named as the seaman’s next of kin in the crew agreement in which the seaman’s name last appeared;
(b)
any person appearing to the Director to be his widow or his child;
(c)
any person appearing to the Director to be beneficially entitled, under a will or on intestacy, to the seaman’s estate or any part thereof; or
(d)
any person appearing to the Director to be a creditor of the seaman.
(4) Where no claim to the property received by the Director is substantiated within one year after the receipt of the property by the Director, the Director shall pay the property, the proceeds thereof, or the residue thereof, into the Consolidated Fund.
(5) If any subsequent claim is made to such property, or the residue thereof, and is established to the satisfaction of the Director, the amount, or so much as appears to be due to the claimant, shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund.
(6) If any claim is not established to the satisfaction of the Director, the claimant may apply by originating summons to the High Court, and the Court, after taking evidence orally or on affidavit, may make such order on the application as it thinks just.
(7) After the expiration of 6 years from the receipt of such property or proceeds thereof by the Director, no such claim shall be made without the sanction of the Minister.
(8) If it appears to the Director that any of the persons to whom any property may be paid or delivered under this section is resident in a country outside Singapore, the Director may pay or deliver them to him by paying or delivering them to a consular officer of that country for transmission to him.
(9) If the property exceeds $5,000 in value, the Director shall pay and deliver the residue to the legal personal representative of the deceased.
(10) In this section, “child” includes an adopted child.
89.
—(1) Except as provided by regulations made under this section, an official log-book and such other log-books as may be prescribed in the regulations shall be kept in every ship.
(2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the particulars to be entered in the log-books, the persons by whom such entries are to be made, signed or witnessed, and the procedure to be followed in the making of such entries and their amendment or cancellation.
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(3) Regulations may require the production or delivery of the log-books to such persons, in such circumstances and within such times as may be specified therein.
(4) If a person wilfully destroys, mutilates or renders illegible any entry in any log-book, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
90.
—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations providing —
(a)
for the issue of discharge books in such form and containing such particulars with respect to the holders thereof and such other particulars as may be prescribed by the regulations and for requiring such persons to apply for such discharge books;
(b)
for requiring the holders of discharge books to produce them to such persons and in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations; and
(c)
for the surrender of discharge books in such circumstances as may be prescribed by the regulations.
(2) Any provision of the regulations having effect by virtue of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) may be so framed as to apply to all such persons as are mentioned in that paragraph or any description of such persons and as to have effect subject to any exemptions for which provisions may be made by the regulations.
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91.
—(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations —
(a)
requiring the master of any ship to make a return to the Director of any birth or death occurring in the ship;
(b)
requiring the master of any ship to conduct an inquiry to determine the nature and cause and make a report to the Director of any death occurring in the ship and, wherever occurring outside Singapore, of any person employed on the ship, and to notify any such death to such person (if any) as the deceased may have named as his next of kin; and
(c)
requiring the master of any ship not registered in Singapore which calls at Singapore in the course of or at the end of a voyage to make a return to the Director of any birth or death of a citizen of Singapore which has occurred in the ship during the voyage.
(2) Regulations made under this section may require the Director to send a certified copy of any return made thereunder to the Registrar of Births and Deaths.
(3) The Registrar of Births and Deaths to whom any such certified copies are sent —
(a)
shall maintain the copies in a register kept by him for the purpose and to be called the marine register; and
(b)
may also record in that register such additional information as appears to him desirable for the purpose of ensuring the completeness and correctness of the register,
and the provisions of any written law relating to the registration of births and deaths shall have effect with such modifications as are appropriate and so far as those provisions may be complied with in the circumstances as if the marine register were a register of births (other than still-births) or deaths, except that it shall not be necessary for any person to sign the register as an informant.
(4) Regulations made under this section may contain provisions for authorising the registration of the following births and deaths occurring outside Singapore in circumstances where no return is required to be made under subsection (1) —
(a)
any birth or death of a citizen of Singapore which occurs in a ship not registered in Singapore;
(b)
any death of a citizen of Singapore who has been employed on such a ship which occurs elsewhere than in the ship; and
(c)
any death of a person who has been employed on a Singapore ship which occurs elsewhere than in the ship.
(5) Any person who, being required under the regulations made under this section to make a return of any birth or death or a report on the inquiry into the cause of any death, furnishes as true any information in the return or report which he knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
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92. If a person ceases to be the master of a ship, he shall deliver to his successor the documents relating to the ship or its crew which are in his custody; and if he fails without reasonable cause to do so, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
93.
—(1) If a person, without the consent of the master of the ship or of any other person authorised to give it, goes to sea or attempts to go to sea in a ship, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
(2) Nothing in section 180 shall be taken to limit the jurisdiction of any court in Singapore to deal with an offence under this section which has been committed in a country outside Singapore by a person who is not a citizen of Singapore.
94. The master of any ship may cause any person on board the ship to be put under restraint if and for so long as it appears to him necessary or expedient in the interest of safety or for the preservation of good order or discipline on board the ship.
95.
—(1) A person shall not demand or receive, directly or indirectly, from a seaman, or from a person seeking employment as a seaman, or from a person on his behalf, any remuneration whatever for providing him with employment.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
96.
—(1) No young person shall be employed on any ship except as permitted by regulations made under this section.
(2) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations prescribing the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which young persons who have attained such specified age may be employed on a ship in such capacities as may be specified.
(3) If any person is employed on a ship in contravention of any regulations made under this section or if any condition subject to which a person may be employed under any such regulation is not complied with, the owner or the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
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