Merchant Shipping Act · 1985 Revised Edition · Part V · Safety
218. Prohibition on proceeding to sea without certificates
Feedback & supportSubject to any exemptions conferred by or under the load line provisions, no ship shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea from any port or place in Singapore, unless there is in force in respect of the ship —
ship
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars;
a load line certificate;
a load line exemption certificate; or
both a load line certificate and a load line exemption certificate,being certificates which by their terms apply to the voyages on which the ship is about to proceed.
If any ship proceeds, or attempts to proceed, to sea in contravention of subsection (1) the owner or the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
owner
“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;
The master of a ship shall produce to the Director, at the time a clearance for the ship is demanded for an international voyage, a certificate required by subsection (1) to be in force when the ship proceeds to sea; and a clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained until the certificate is so produced.[238
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;