Singapore legislation
Section 117
Section 117
Penalties as to employment of pilot other than an Authority pilot
(1)
Any person who, not being an Authority pilot or a person authorised under section 85(2)(a), engages in any pilotage act or attempts to obtain employment as a pilot of a vessel entering or within any pilotage district shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(2)
Any owner, agent or master of a vessel entering or within any pilotage district who knowingly employs —
as a pilot any person who is not an Authority pilot;
as a pilot any person who is not authorised to pilot vessels under section 85(2)(a); or
as a berthing master any person who is not authorised to act as a berthing master under section 85(2)(b),shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, an Authority pilot or a person authorised under section 85(2)(a) or (b) acting beyond the limits for which he is licensed or authorised to act or acting in contravention of any of the conditions imposed under section 85(2)(a) or (b) or 91 shall be deemed not to be an Authority pilot.
(4)
Any person may, without subjecting himself or his employer to any penalty, act as the pilot of a vessel entering or leaving any pilotage district, when such vessel is in distress or under circumstances making it necessary for the master to avail himself of the best assistance that can be found at the time.[101