Singapore legislation
Section 96
Section 96
Power of inspection of ship and crew
(1)
The Director, a Port Health Officer and a surveyor of ships may enter on board any ship and inspect the provisions and water provided for the use of the crew or passengers, and the accommodation for seamen or passengers, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same are in accordance with the requirements of this Act or the Merchant Shipping Acts.
(2)
A Port Health Officer may —
enter on board any ship and medically examine all or any of the seamen or apprentices on board the ship;
require and enforce the production of the log-book and any other books, papers or documents which he thinks necessary for the purpose of inquiring into the health and medical condition of the persons on board the ship;
call before him and question for any such purpose all or any of those persons and require true answers to any questions which he thinks fit to ask;
require any person so questioned to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the statements made by him.
(3)
If, on inspection, the provisions or water on board any ship are found to be of bad quality and unfit for use or deficient in quantity, the Port Health Officer shall proceed as provided in section 87, and the fine prescribed by that section shall be incurred by any default of the master of the ship in respect of such provisions or water, and the ship shall be detained until the defects are remedied to the satisfaction of the Port Health Officer.[110