Singapore legislation
Section 205
Section 205
Powers of Director, etc.
(1)
The Director, the Port Master, a Port Health Officer, a surveyor of ships or a police officer may, at any time, for the purposes of this Act —
go on board any ship and inspect and examine the ship or any part of the ship or its equipment;
enter and inspect any premises;
require and enforce the production of any book, certificate or document relating to any ship or persons on board the ship;
muster all persons on board any ship;
summon any person before him or her and require the person to answer questions; and
require any ship to be taken into a dock for the purpose of surveying the hull.
(2)
The Director may compound any offence under this Act that is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding the lower of the following:
one half of the amount of the maximum fine that is prescribed for the offence;
$2,000.
(3)
On payment of the sum of money under subsection (2), no further proceedings are to be taken against that person in respect of the offence.