Section 154

No pilgrim ship shall depart or proceed from or discharge pilgrims at any port or place within Singapore other than a port or place appointed in this behalf by the President.

After a pilgrim ship has departed or proceeded on a voyage from a port or place so appointed, no person shall be received on board as a pilgrim, except at some other port or place so appointed, or at some port or place outside Singapore appointed in this behalf by the President.

No vessel, having taken on board any pilgrim from a pilgrim ship lying outside the limits of any port or place so appointed, shall land such pilgrim at any port or place within Singapore, and no vessel shall convey any pilgrim from any port or place so appointed to a pilgrim ship lying outside the limits of such port or place, unless the sanction of the Director in writing has been previously obtained.

If a pilgrim ship departs or proceeds on a voyage from or discharges passengers at any port or place within Singapore in contravention of subsection (1), the master or owner shall, for every pilgrim carried in the ship or so discharged, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.

If any person is received as a pilgrim on board a pilgrim ship in contravention of subsection (2), the master or owner shall for every such pilgrim be liable to such punishment as is specified in subsection (4).

If any pilgrim is landed by or conveyed on any vessel in contravention of subsection (3), the master or owner shall for every such pilgrim be liable to such punishment as is specified in subsection (4).[171