Singapore legislation
Clause 4
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Amendment) Bill
Clause 4
Amendment of section 20
Section 20 of the principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after subsection (7), the following subsection:“(7A) Where a seafarer is held captive on or off a ship as a result of an act of piracy or armed robbery against the ship, the seafarer’s wages and other entitlements (including the remittance of any allotments made in accordance with section 21) under —
the seafarer’s employment agreement; (b)any applicable collective agreement; or (c)any written law, must continue to be paid during the entire period of captivity and until —
the date on which the seafarer is released and duly repatriated in accordance with this Act; or (e)the date of the seafarer’s death, if the seafarer dies while in captivity.”.