Singapore legislation
Regulation 2
of Employment of Foreign Manpower (Work Pass Exemptions for Seamen and Full-time Students) Notification
Regulation 2
Officers and seamen on international voyages
Subregulation 1
The following persons shall be exempted from section 5 of the Act:
(a)
a foreign employee who is an officer or a seaman on an international voyage aboard any Singapore ship registered under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179); and
(b)
any person who employs or wishes to employ a foreign employee referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in respect of that foreign employee.
Subregulation 2
For the purpose of sub-paragraph (1), “officer” and “seaman” shall have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act.