153. Offences in connection with pilgrim ships

(1)

If any of the following offences is committed in the case of a pilgrim ship the person so offending shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $40, but that liability shall not prejudice the recovery of any fare payable by him:

(a)

if any pilgrim, after warning by the master or other officer thereof, molests or continues to molest any other pilgrim;

(b)

if any person, after having been refused admission to a pilgrim ship by the owner or any person in his employ on account of the ship being full, and having had the amount of his fare, if he has paid it, returned or tendered to him, nevertheless persists in attempting to enter the ship;

(c)

if any person having gone on board a pilgrim ship at any place, and being requested, on account of the ship being full, by the owner or any person in his employ to leave the ship, before it has quitted that place, and having had the amount of his fare, if he has paid it, returned or tendered to him, does not comply with that request;

(d)

if any person travels or attempts to travel in a pilgrim ship without a pilgrim pass or without first paying his fare and with intent to avoid payment thereof;

(e)

if any person on board a pilgrim ship fails, when requested by the master or other officer thereof, either to pay his fare or exhibit his ticket or pilgrim pass.

(2)

Any pilgrim who wilfully does or causes to be done anything in such a manner as to obstruct or injure any part of the machinery or tackle of a pilgrim ship, or to obstruct, impede or molest the crew or any of them in the navigation or management of the ship or otherwise in the execution of their duty on or about the ship, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding $400.

(3)

The master or other officer of any pilgrim ship, and all persons called by him to his assistance, may without any warrant detain any person who commits any offence against this section and whose name and address are unknown to the master or officer, and convey the offender with all convenient despatch before a Magistrate’s Court to be dealt with according to law, and the Court shall with all convenient despatch try the case in a summary manner.

(4)

Any person who commits an offence under this section and on the application of the master of the pilgrim ship or any other person in the employ of the owner thereof refuses to give his name and address, or gives a false name or address, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $400, and the fine shall be paid to the owner of the ship.[170

Terms defined in this Act

court
Defined · s 2
“court”, in relation to any proceeding, includes any court having jurisdiction in the matter to which the proceeding relates;
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master
Defined · s 2
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
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name
Defined · s 2
“name” includes a surname;
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officer
Defined · s 2
“officer” includes a master, mate, engineer, gunner, helmsman and engine driver;
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owner
Defined · s 261
“owner”, used in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien, if any, to that lien;
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pilgrim
Defined · s 144
“pilgrim” means a Muslim passenger of any age or of either sex, journeying or about to journey from any port in Singapore to any port in the Red Sea or in the Gulf of Aden or in the Arabian Sea, except ports in India or Pakistan, with a view to the pilgrimage to the Hedjaz or returning from such journey;Explanations.—(1) A Muslim passenger who has embarked with the intention of going to the Hedjaz, but is returning without having actually landed there, shall be deemed to be a pilgrim for the purposes of this Part.(2) Every passenger, whether a pilgrim or not, on board a pilgrim ship shall be deemed to be a pilgrim for the purposes of this Part.(3) A Muslim passenger who journeys by ship to a port in India or Pakistan with the intention of going to the Hedjaz and disembarks at such port shall not be deemed to be a pilgrim for the purposes of this Part.
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pilgrim pass
Defined · s 144
“pilgrim pass” means a pass in the prescribed form issued to a pilgrim in pursuance of rules made under this Part, and includes a certificate of identity issued by the government of any foreign country to a subject of that country who is about to proceed on the pilgrimage to the Hedjaz;
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pilgrim ship
Defined · s 144
“pilgrim ship” means a ship conveying or about to convey pilgrims from or to any port in Singapore, to or from any port in the Red Sea or the Gulf of Aden, or to or from any port in the Arabian Sea, except ports in India or Pakistan:Provided that no ship carrying passengers, other than pilgrims of the lowest class, and having on board pilgrims of the lowest class in a less proportion than one pilgrim for every 100 tons of the gross tonnage of the ship, shall be deemed to be a pilgrim ship within the meaning of this Part;
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ship
Defined · s 2
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars;
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