Singapore legislation
Section 11
Section 11
Manning and certification
(1)
The Minister may make regulations —
requiring ships to which this section applies to carry such number of qualified officers of any description, qualified doctors and such number of other seamen or qualified seamen of any description as may be specified in the regulations;
prescribing standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied (subject to any exemptions allowed by or under the regulations) by officers and other seamen of any description in order to be qualified for the purposes of this section; and
providing that existing certificates shall, except in such cases as are specified in the regulations, be deemed for the purposes of this section to be issued in pursuance of this section and to confer on the persons to whom they are issued such qualifications as may be specified in the regulations.
(2)
In subsection (1) “existing certificate” means a certificate granted before 1st August 1986.
(3)
Regulations made under this section may make different provision for different descriptions of ships or for ships of the same description in different circumstances.
(4)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(b), the conditions prescribed or specified under that subsection may include conditions as to nationality and regulations made for the purposes of that subsection may make provision for —
the manner in which the attainment of any standard or the satisfaction of any other condition is to be evidenced;
the conduct of any examinations, the conditions for admission to them and the appointment and remuneration of examiners; and
the issue, form and recording of certificates and other documents,and different provision may be so made for different circumstances.
(5)
If a person makes a statement which he knows to be false or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another person a certificate or other document which may be issued under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
(6)
A certificate issued or deemed to be issued under this section shall be admissible in evidence.[10