Section 22

whether a provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act that is applicable in relation to a Singapore ship has been complied with in respect of that ship;

whether there has been a discharge from a ship in contravention of this Act or any regulations made under this Act;

whether a provision of the Convention, or the Ballast Water Management Convention, that is applicable in relation to a ship other than a Singapore ship has been complied with in respect of that ship; or

whether a provision of a law of a country other than Singapore giving effect to the Convention or the Ballast Water Management Convention, being a provision that is applicable in relation to a ship other than a Singapore ship, has been complied with in respect of that ship.

go on board a ship with such assistants and equipment as the inspector considers necessary;

require the master of a ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the boarding;

inspect and test any machinery or equipment of a ship;

require the master of a ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the inspection or testing of any machinery or equipment of the ship;

open, or require the master of a ship to cause to be opened, any hold, bunker tank, ballast tank, compartment or receptacle in or on board the ship and inspect the contents of any such hold, bunker tank, ballast tank, compartment or receptacle in or on board the ship;

require the master of a ship to produce a record book required by any regulations made under this Act to be carried in the ship or any other books, documents or records relating to the ship or its cargo that are carried in the ship;

make copies of, or take extracts from, any such books, documents or records;

require the master of a ship to certify that a true copy of an entry in a record book required by any regulations made under this Act to be carried in the ship is a true copy of such an entry;

examine, and take samples of, any substances on board a ship; and

require a person to answer questions.

without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with a requirement made of the person by an inspector in the exercise of the inspector’s powers under subsection (2); or

in answer to a question that the person is required to answer under subsection (2), makes a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.