Singapore legislation
Section 33
Section 33
Certificate as to agreement with crew of home-trade or local-trade ships
(1)
The master or owner of a home-trade ship or local-trade ship shall, within 21 days after the expiration of any agreement with the crew or within 48 hours of her next arrival in Singapore, deliver or transmit the agreement to the Superintendent.
(2)
The Superintendent, on receiving such agreement, shall give the master or owner of the ship a certificate to that effect, and the ship shall be detained unless the certificate is produced at the office of the Director before the master proceeds to sea.
(3)
Any master or owner who fails without reasonable cause to comply with this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $100.[46