Singapore legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Form, period and conditions of agreement with crew
(1)
An agreement with the crew shall be in a form approved by the Minister, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be signed by the master before a seaman signs the agreement.
(2)
The agreement with the crew shall contain as terms of the agreement the following particulars:
either the nature and, as far as practicable, the duration of the intended voyage or engagement, or the maximum period of the voyage or engagement, and the places or parts of the world, if any, to which the voyage or engagement is not to extend;
the number and description of the crew specifying how many are engaged as sailors;
the time at which each seaman is to be on board or to begin work;
the capacity in which each seaman is to serve;
the amount of wages which each seaman is to receive;
a scale of the provisions which are to be furnished to each seaman;
any regulations as to conduct on board and as to fines, short allowance of provisions or other lawful punishment for misconduct which have been approved by the Minister as regulations proper to be adopted and which the parties agree to adopt.
(3)
The agreement with the crew shall be so framed as to admit of such stipulations, to be adopted at the will of the master and seaman in each case, whether respecting the advance and allotment of wages, the supply of warm clothing or otherwise, as are not contrary to law.
(4)
If the master of a ship registered at a port outside Singapore has an agreement with the crew made in due form according to the law of that port or of the port in which her crew were engaged, and engages single seamen in Singapore, those seamen may sign the agreement so made, and it shall not then be necessary for them to sign an agreement in the form approved by the Minister.[41