Singapore legislation

Section 206

of Merchant Shipping Act

Section 206

Power of Minister to make rules

Amended byS 243/80

(1)

The Minister may make rules to regulate all or any of the following matters:

(a)

the anchors and cables to be provided on board pilgrim ships;

(b)

the instruments for purposes of navigation to be supplied;

(c)

the apparatus for the purposes of extinguishing fires on board, and the precautions to be taken to prevent and deal with such fires;

(d)

the provision of boats and other life-saving appliances, and of means for making signals of distress, and the supply of lights inextinguishable in water and fitted for attachment to lifebuoys;

(e)

the fittings and other appliances in the upper and between-decks, for the comfort and convenience of pilgrims;

(f)

the scale on which and manner in which food and water shall be supplied to pilgrims and the quality of such food and water;

(g)

the quality, quantity and stowage of the cargo to be carried;

(h)

the space to be provided in the between-decks or superstructures for pilgrims of each class shall be not less than 2.7 cubic metres and not less than 1.49 square metres measured on the deck or floor of that space;

(i)

the allotment of the upper-deck space between the various classes of pilgrims;

(j)

the amount and distribution of the baggage of pilgrims;

(k)

the nature and the extent of the hospital accommodation, and the medical stores, disinfectants, and other appliances and fittings to be provided on board for maintaining health, cleanliness and decency;

(l)

the form of the statements to be furnished by the master under sections 165 to 168 and the particulars to be entered therein;

(m)

the tonnage and power to be required in the case of pilgrim ships, and the voyages to which and seasons at which the rules as to tonnage and power shall respectively apply;

(n)

the qualification of medical officers, and the number of attendants to be carried, and the diaries, reports and other returns to be kept or submitted by medical officers;

(o)

the manner in which contaminated articles shall be disinfected before being taken on board a pilgrim ship;

(p)

the manner in which and the person by whom the medical inspection of women shall be carried out;

(q)

the supply of passage tickets for pilgrims, the form of such tickets and the conditions and other matters to be specified thereon, and the amount of sanitary taxes to be included in the cost thereof;

(r)

the refund of passage-money under section 190;

(s)

the functions of the master, medical officer or officers, and other officers during the voyage;

(t)

the local limits within which, and the time and mode at and in which, pilgrims shall be embarked or discharged at any port or place appointed under this Part in that behalf;

(u)

the time within which a pilgrim ship shall depart or proceed on her voyage after commencing to take pilgrims on board, and the hours during or between which she may put to sea;

(v)

the issue of pilgrim passes to pilgrims who do not hold certificates of identity issued to them by the government of any foreign country, the form of such passes, the production of the same to public officers both in Singapore and at Jeddah or other port of disembarkation of pilgrims proceeding to the Hedjaz, and the fees to be paid therefor;

(w)

the type of wireless apparatus to be provided and the manner of working the apparatus;

(x)

the fixing of any fees payable under this Part; and

(y)

generally to carry out the purposes of this Part.

Amended byS 243/80

(2)

The Minister in making any rules under this section may direct that any person who commits a breach of the rules shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $250, and, where the breach is a continuing breach, to a further fine not exceeding $10 for every day during which the breach continues, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.[223