Singapore legislation

Section 195

of Merchant Shipping Act 1995

Section 195

Interfering with person in carrying out duty, etc.

Any person who —

(a)

by violence, threat or intimidation, hinders or interferes with or otherwise obstructs the master or an officer of a ship in performing his or her duty; or

(b)

resists or wilfully obstructs, assaults, molests or otherwise intimidates a person who is carrying out or exercising any duty, function, right or power imposed on him or her by this Act,shall be guilty of an offence.