Clause 113

The Director may order any ship, which is an unsafe ship or appears to him to be an unsafe ship, to be provisionally detained.

When any ship has been provisionally detained, a notification of the provisional detention of the ship shall be immediately served on the master of the ship, together with a statement of the grounds of detention.

The Director may appoint a competent person to survey the ship and report to him.

On receipt of the report, the Director may either finally detain the ship or order its release unconditionally or on such conditions as he thinks fit.

Before the order for final detention is issued, the master of the ship shall be furnished with a copy of the report and he may, within 7 days after receipt of the copy, appeal to the Minister.

The Minister may, upon appeal under subsection (5), order the final detention of the ship or order its release unconditionally or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

When any order for the final detention of a ship has been made, the ship shall not be released until the Director or the Minister, as the case may be, is satisfied that its further detention is no longer necessary and orders its release.