Section 7

Where it appears to the Superintendent of the Mercantile Marine Office that any person to whom any money or other property of a deceased seaman or apprentice may be paid or delivered under section 93(1)(b) of the Merchant Shipping Act [Cap. 179] (which relates to the disposal of property not exceeding $1,000 in value) is resident in a foreign State, he may pay or deliver the money or property to a consular officer of that State on behalf of that person; and that section has effect accordingly.

The powers of a consular officer under section 315(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act (which enables a consular officer in certain circumstances to act as the agent of the owner for the purposes of the custody and disposal of articles belonging to or forming part of a foreign ship wrecked on or near the coasts of Singapore) extend to the custody and disposal of the wrecked ship itself as well as to the custody and disposal of such articles as aforesaid.