Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Crew Matters
91. Returns of births and deaths in ships, etc.
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The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations —
requiring the master of any ship to make a return to the Director of any birth or death occurring in the ship;
requiring the master of any ship to conduct an inquiry to determine the nature and cause and make a report to the Director of any death occurring in the ship and, wherever occurring outside Singapore, of any person employed on the ship, and to notify any such death to any person that the deceased may have named as his or her next of kin; and
requiring the master of any ship not registered in Singapore which calls at Singapore in the course of or at the end of a voyage to make a return to the Director of any birth or death of a citizen of Singapore which has occurred in the ship during the voyage.
Regulations made under this section may require the Director to send a certified copy of any return made thereunder to the Registrar‑General of Births and Deaths.
Director
“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
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Any person who, being required under the regulations made under this section to make a return of any birth or death or a report on the inquiry into the cause of any death, furnishes as true any information in the return or report which the person knows or has reason to believe to be false shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.