Section 38

No person other than an employer may engage a seaman.

An employer must not engage a seaman and a seaman must not accept employment on board any vessel except in accordance with regulations made under section 40.

An employer must not enter into arrangements with any seaman to transport the seaman outside Singapore for the purpose of engagement in contravention of regulations made under section 40.

For the purpose of this Part, “employer” includes the shipowner, charterer or operator, the agent of the shipowner, charterer or operator and the master of the vessel.