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Infectious Diseases Act 1976 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Prevention of International Spread of Infectious Diseases

29. Measures required of a vessel or vehicle on arrival

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2024. 3 amendments in all.

(1)

The Director-General of Public Health, the Director-General, Food Administration or a Port Health Officer may —

(a)

inspect any vessel or vehicle or any person or class of persons or goods on board the vessel or in the vehicle when in Singapore;

(b)

in respect of any person or class of persons on board a vessel or in a vehicle —

(i)

subject that person or class of persons to medical examination upon arrival in Singapore; and (ii)impose any requirement relating to the medical examination that the Director-General of Public Health, the Director-General, Food Administration or a Port Health Officer thinks fit;

(c)

direct health and sanitary measures to be taken in respect of a vessel or vehicle;

(d)

obtain from the master, or any other person or class of persons on board the vessel, all necessary information that he or she requires to ascertain the health of any person or class of persons on board, the sanitary condition of the vessel and cargo and of the port last visited by that vessel and any other information that he or she requires;

(e)

inspect the journal or logbook of the vessel or of the vessel’s papers; and

(f)

direct the master, owner or agent of any vessel to forward a copy of the vessel’s passenger and crew list and cargo manifest immediately after the vessel’s arrival in Singapore.

(2)

Any person (including any person in a class of persons) who fails to comply with any direction or requirement of the Director-General of Public Health, the Director-General, Food Administration or the Port Health Officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

Terms defined in s 2

Board
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“Board” means the Health Promotion Board established under the Health Promotion Board Act 2001;
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crew
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“crew” includes any person who is on board a vessel not for the sole purpose of travelling from one place to another but who is employed in the vessel’s service or in connection with its cargo;
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Director-General
Defined · s 2
“Director-General” means the Director‑General of Public Health appointed under section 3(1) of the Environmental Public Health Act 1987;
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Director-General, Food Administration
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“Director-General, Food Administration” means the Director‑General, Food Administration appointed under section 3(1) of the Sale of Food Act 1973;
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master
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“master”, in relation to a vessel, means the person for the time being in charge or command of the vessel;
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medical examination
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“medical examination” includes the carrying out by a person (called the examiner) of any of the measures mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), with a view to ascertaining a person’s state of health, whether or not the examiner is present with the person being examined:(a)physical examination of the person;(b)obtaining the person’s bodily samples;(c)obtaining images of, or measuring, the person’s physiology;(d)measuring or monitoring the person’s physiological signs;(e)obtaining the clinical history of the person;(f)a measure to facilitate the carrying out of anything in paragraphs (a) to (e);
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owner
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“owner”, in relation to any premises or vessel, means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the premises or vessel whether on the person’s own account or as agent, trustee or receiver or who would receive the same if the premises or the vessel were let or chartered;
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port
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“port” means any place in Singapore and any navigable river or channel leading into such place declared to be a port under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 and includes an airport;
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Port Health Officer
Defined · s 2
“Port Health Officer” means any Health Officer in charge of a port and includes his or her deputies and assistants;
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vessel
Defined · s 2
“vessel” means any ship, boat, aircraft or a vessel of any description used in navigation by sea or air.
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