Singapore legislation
Clause 12
Clause 12
Power to provide for investigation of accidents
(1)
The Minister may make regulations providing for the investigation of any accident arising out of or in the course of air navigation and occurring in or over Singapore or to Singapore aircraft occurring elsewhere and likely in the absence of such provision to remain uninvestigated.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing povision, regulations made under this section may contain provisions —
requiring notice to be given of any such accident as aforesaid in such manner and by such persons as may be specified;
applying, with or without modification, for the purpose of investigations held with respect to any such accidents any of the provisions of an law in force in Singapore relating to the investigation of deaths or accidents;
prohibiting, pending investigation, access to or interference with aircraft to which an accident has occurred, and authorising any person, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of an investigation, to have access to, examine, remove, take measures for the preservation of, or otherwise deal with any such aircraft;
authorising or requiring the cancellation, suspension, endorsement, or surrender of any licence or certificate granted under this Part or any subsidiary legislation made under this Part, where it appears on an investigation that the licence ought to be cancelled, suspended, endorsed, or surrendered, and for the production of any such licence for the purpose of being so dealt with.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall limit the powers of any authority to investigate accidents under any law for the time being in force relating to merchant shipping.
(4)
If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and imprisonment.