Section 136

The Minister may exempt any ship or class of ships from the requirements of any regulations made under this Part either absolutely or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), where a ship not normally engaged on international voyages is required to undertake a single international voyage, the Minister may, if he is of the opinion that the ship satisfies the safety requirements that are adequate for that voyage, exempt the ship from any of the safety requirements imposed by this Act or the regulations made thereunder.

The owner, agent or master of a Singapore ship which is exempt from any of the safety requirements imposed by this Act or the regulations made thereunder or any of the provisions of the regulations made under this Part shall, on application to any person appointed in this behalf by the Minister, receive a certificate in the prescribed form to be called an “exemption certificate”.[153