Singapore legislation
Clause 2
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 2
Amendment of section 23
Section 23(2) of the Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014 (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended by deleting the full‑stop at the end of paragraph (c) and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph:“(d)where, in violation of the requirements of this Act or the terms of the seafarer’s employment agreement —
the seafarer is left by the shipowner without the necessary maintenance and support (including adequate food, accommodation, drinking water supplies, essential fuel for survival on board the ship and necessary medical care); or
where the seafarer’s ties with the shipowner have been unilaterally severed by the shipowner including where the shipowner has failed to pay the seafarer’s contractual wages for a period of at least 2 months.”.