Singapore legislation
Section 153
Section 153
Offences in connection with pilgrim ships
(1)
If any of the following offences is committed in the case of a pilgrim ship the person so offending shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $40, but that liability shall not prejudice the recovery of any fare payable by him:
if any pilgrim, after warning by the master or other officer thereof, molests or continues to molest any other pilgrim;
if any person, after having been refused admission to a pilgrim ship by the owner or any person in his employ on account of the ship being full, and having had the amount of his fare, if he has paid it, returned or tendered to him, nevertheless persists in attempting to enter the ship;
if any person having gone on board a pilgrim ship at any place, and being requested, on account of the ship being full, by the owner or any person in his employ to leave the ship, before it has quitted that place, and having had the amount of his fare, if he has paid it, returned or tendered to him, does not comply with that request;
if any person travels or attempts to travel in a pilgrim ship without a pilgrim pass or without first paying his fare and with intent to avoid payment thereof;
if any person on board a pilgrim ship fails, when requested by the master or other officer thereof, either to pay his fare or exhibit his ticket or pilgrim pass.
(2)
Any pilgrim who wilfully does or causes to be done anything in such a manner as to obstruct or injure any part of the machinery or tackle of a pilgrim ship, or to obstruct, impede or molest the crew or any of them in the navigation or management of the ship or otherwise in the execution of their duty on or about the ship, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $400.
(3)
The master or other officer of any pilgrim ship, and all persons called by him to his assistance, may without any warrant detain any person who commits any offence against this section and whose name and address are unknown to the master or officer, and convey the offender with all convenient despatch before a Magistrate’s Court to be dealt with according to law, and the Court shall with all convenient despatch try the case in a summary manner.
(4)
Any person who commits an offence under this section and on the application of the master of the pilgrim ship or any other person in the employ of the owner thereof refuses to give his name and address, or gives a false name or address, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $400, and the fine shall be paid to the owner of the ship.[170