Clause 4

The Minister may make regulations for preventing collisions at sea (to be known as the “collision regulations”), and may thereby regulate the lights to be carried and exhibited, the fog signals to be carried and used, and the steering and sailing rules to be observed by all Singapore ships wherever they may be.(2) The power of the Minister under subsection (1) of this section shall include power to make regulations for the prevention of collisions at sea —

between seaplanes on the surface of the water; and

between vessels and seaplanes on the surface of the water.(3) Regulations made under subsection (1) of this section shall be observed by all vessels and seaplanes of foreign registry within the territorial waters of Singapore, and in any case before a court of Singapore concerning an infringement of the said regulations arising within the territorial waters of Singapore, foreign vessels and seaplanes shall be treated as if they were vessels and seaplanes registered in Singapore.Observance of collision regulations260B.—

All owners and masters of Singapore ships shall obey the collision regulations, and shall not carry or exhibit any other lights or use any other fog signals, than such as are required by those regulations.(2) If an infringement of the collision regulations is caused by the wilful default of the master or owner of the vessel, that master or owner shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.(3) If any damage to person or property arises from the non-observance by any vessel of any of the collision regulations, the damage shall be deemed to have been occasioned by the wilful default of the person in charge of the deck of the vessel at the time, unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court that the circumstances of the case made a departure from the regulations necessary.(4) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall apply to the owners and pilots of seaplanes on the surface of the water as they apply to the owners and masters of vessels, and subsection (3) of this section shall apply to the pilot or other person in charge of a seaplane as it applies to the person in charge of the deck of a vessel.”.