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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.