Singapore legislation

Section 135

of Merchant Shipping Act

Section 135

Cancellation or suspension of certificates

(1)

Any certificate issued under section 134 may be cancelled or suspended by the Minister where he has reason to believe that —

(a)

any declaration of survey on which the certificate was founded has been in any particular made fraudulently or erroneously;

(b)

the certificate has otherwise been issued on false or erroneous information; or

(c)

since the making of the declaration of survey the hull, equipment or machinery has sustained any injury or is otherwise deficient.

(2)

In every such case the Minister may require the owner to have the ship again surveyed, and to obtain a further declaration of survey before the reissue of the certificate or the grant of a fresh one in lieu thereof.[152