185. Penalty on master and owner for carrying pilgrims in excess of authorised number

(1)

If a pilgrim ship has on board a number of pilgrims greater either than the number allowed under this Act or than the number allowed by the licence or certificate granted at her port or place of departure, whichever is the smaller, the master and the owner shall be guilty of an offence and, for every pilgrim in excess of that number, be each liable to a fine not exceeding $100, and the master shall further be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one week in respect of each such pilgrim:Provided that the aggregate term of imprisonment imposed under this section shall not exceed 6 months.

(2)

The Director may cause all pilgrims over and above the number allowed under this Act, or by such licence or certificate, to disembark, and may forward them to any port at which they have contracted to land, and recover the cost of so forwarding them from the master or owner of the ship as if the cost were a fine imposed under this Act, and a certificate under the Director’s hand shall be conclusive proof of the amount of the cost aforesaid.[202

Terms defined in this Act

Director
Defined · s 2
“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 6 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed under that section;
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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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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 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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port
Defined · s 2
“port” has the same meaning as in the Port of Singapore Authority Act;
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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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