Singapore legislation
Section 277
Section 277
Extension to other persons of provisions relating to shipowners
(1)
The persons whose liability in connection with a ship is excluded or limited by this Part shall include any charterer and any person interested in or in possession of the ship, and in particular any manager or operator of the ship.
(2)
In relation to a claim arising from the act or omission of any person in his capacity as master or member of the crew or (otherwise than in that capacity) in the course of his employment as an employee of the owners or of any such person as is mentioned in subsection (1) —
the persons whose liability is excluded or limited as aforesaid shall also include the master, member of the crew or employee, and, in a case where the master or member of the crew is the employee of a person whose liability would not be excluded or limited apart from this paragraph, the person whose employee he is; and
the liability of the master, member of the crew or employee himself shall be excluded or limited as aforesaid notwithstanding his actual fault or privity in that capacity, except in the cases mentioned in section 271(b).[300