165. Statement concerning pilgrims to be delivered before ship departs
Feedback & supportThe master of every pilgrim ship departing or proceeding from any port or place in Singapore shall sign a statement in duplicate, in the prescribed form, giving the names and sex of all the pilgrims embarked, together with the serial numbers of their pilgrim passes, and the number of the crew and such other particulars as are prescribed, and shall deliver both copies to a police officer, who shall thereupon, after having first satisfied himself that the entries are correct and that all the pilgrims have pilgrim passes and return tickets or, in the case of pilgrims to whom written authority has been granted under section 190(1), tickets for the single journey, countersign and return to the master one of the copies.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
If any pilgrim disembarks at any port of call, the master shall note the fact on the list opposite the pilgrim’s name.[182
pilgrim
“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.