Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Survey and Safety
103. Observance of collision regulations
Feedback & supportAll owners, masters or persons in charge of the navigation of vessels must obey the collision regulations and must not carry, exhibit or use any other lights or use any other signals, than those that are required by those regulations.
collision regulations
“collision regulations” means regulations made under section 100(2)(h);
Any owner, master or person who does or suffers to be done any act or omission contrary to any of the provisions of the collision regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
owner
“owner”, 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;
In any case before a court in Singapore concerning a contravention of the collision regulations arising within Singapore, foreign vessels are to be treated as if they were registered in Singapore.
court
“court”, in relation to any proceedings, includes any court having jurisdiction in the matter to which the proceedings relate;
In this section, “vessel” has the meaning assigned to it in the collision regulations.