Singapore legislation

Clause 24

of Infectious Diseases Bill

Clause 24

Measures required of a vessel or vehicle on arrival

(1)

The Commissioner or a Port Health Officer may —

(a)

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

(b)

subject persons on board a vessel or in a vehicle, upon arrival, to medical examination and, if necessary, to isolation, surveillance or treatment;

(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 on board the vessel, all necessary information that he requires to ascertain the health 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 may require;

(e)

inspect the journal or log-book 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 who fails to comply with any direction or requirement of the Commissioner or Port Health Officer under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars.

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