Singapore legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Application of Rules
(1)
The provisions of the Rules, as set out in the Schedule to this Act, have the force of law.
(2)
Without affecting subsection (1), the provisions of the Rules also have effect (and have the force of law) in relation to and in connection with the carriage of goods by sea in ships where the port of shipment is a port in Singapore, whether or not the carriage is between ports in 2 different States within the meaning of Article X of the Rules.
(3)
Subject to subsection (4), nothing in this section is to be construed as applying anything in the Rules to any contract for the carriage of goods by sea, unless the contract expressly or by implication provides for the issue of a bill of lading or any similar document of title.
(4)
Without affecting paragraph (c) of Article X of the Rules, the Rules have the force of law in relation to —
any bill of lading if the contract contained in or evidenced by it expressly provides that the Rules govern the contract; and
any receipt which is a non-negotiable document marked as such if the contract contained in or evidenced by it is a contract for the carriage of goods by sea which expressly provides that the Rules are to govern the contract.
(5)
Where subsection (4)(b) applies, the Rules apply —
as if the receipt mentioned in subsection (4)(b) were a bill of lading; and
subject to any necessary modifications and in particular with the omission of —
the second sentence of paragraph 4 of Article III of the Rules; and
paragraph 7 of Article III of the Rules.
(6)
If and so far as the contract contained in or evidenced by a bill of lading or receipt mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (4) applies to deck cargo or live animals, the Rules as given the force of law by that subsection have effect as if Article I(c) did not exclude deck cargo and live animals.
(7)
In subsection (6), “deck cargo” means cargo which by the contract of carriage is stated as being carried on deck and is so carried.
(8)
The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, specify the respective amounts which, for the purposes of paragraph 5 of Article IV and of Article IV bis of the Rules, are to be taken as equivalent to the sums expressed in francs which are mentioned in paragraph 5(a) of Article IV.