Singapore legislation
Section 87
Section 87
Custody, etc., of property of deceased crew members
(1)
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations providing for the custody of and dealing with —
any property left on board a ship by a crew member dying while or after being employed on the ship;
any property left in a country outside Singapore by a crew member dying while or within any period that is provided for in the regulations after being employed on a ship; and
the recovery by the Director of any wages which, at the time of a crew member’s death, were due to the crew member in respect of the crew member’s employment on a ship.
(2)
Regulations made under this section may require the recording of particulars and the rendering of accounts and may enable the Director or any person having custody of any such property to sell it by auction or otherwise and account for the proceeds.