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In forceAmended1985 Revised Edition

13. Prohibition of going to sea undermanned

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Last amended by an amending law of 1984.

(1)

Subject to section 12, if a ship to which this section applies goes to sea or attempts to go to sea without carrying such officers, doctors and other seamen as it is required to carry under section 11, the owner or master shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and the ship, if in Singapore, may be detained.

(2)

References in this section to going to sea include, in the case of Singapore ships, references to going to sea from any country outside Singapore.[12

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