Singapore legislation

Clause 87

of Merchant Shipping Bill

Clause 87

Custody, etc., of property of deceased seamen

(1)

The Minister may make regulations providing for the custody of and dealing with —

(a)

any property left on board a ship by a seaman dying while or after being employed on the ship;

(b)

any property left in a country outside Singapore by a seaman dying while or within such period as provided for in the regulations after being employed on a ship; and

(c)

the recovery by the Director of any wages which, at the time of a seaman’s death, were due to him in respect of his 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.

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