Singapore legislation
Section 244
Section 244
Application to foreign ships of provisions as to detention
(1)
Where a foreign ship is, while within any port in Singapore, whether the ship has taken any cargo on board at that port or not, unsafe by reason of overloading or improper loading, or by reason of the defective condition of her hull, equipment or machinery, or undermanning, the provisions of this Part with respect to the detention of ships shall apply to that foreign ship as if that ship were a British ship, with the following modifications:
a copy of the order for the provisional detention of the ship shall be forthwith served on the consular officer for the country to which the ship belongs at or nearest to that port;
where a ship has been provisionally detained, the consular officer on the request of the owner or master of the ship may require that the person appointed by the Minister to survey the ship shall be accompanied by such person as the consular officer selects, and in that case, if the surveyor and that person agree, the Minister shall cause the ship to be detained or released accordingly, but if they differ, the Minister may act as if the requisition had not been made, and the owner and the master shall have the like appeal to a court of survey touching the report of the surveyor as is hereinbefore provided in the case of a British ship; and
where the owner or master of the ship appeals to the court of survey, the consular officer, on his request, may appoint a competent person to be assessor in the case in lieu of the assessor who, if the ship were a British ship, would be appointed otherwise than by the Minister.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall affect any foreign ship not bound to a port of Singapore which comes into any port of Singapore for any purpose other than the purpose of embarking or landing passengers or taking in or discharging cargo or taking in bunkers.[265