Singapore legislation

Clause 29

of Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bill

Clause 29

Amendment of section 338

Section 338 of the principal Act is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) Any person who, without lawful excuse, refuses or neglects to obey any direction of the Director or the Port Master given under this Part shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and to a further fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction.”; and

(b)

by inserting immediately after the word “Director” appearing in the first line of subsection (2) thereof the expression “or the Port Master, as the case may be,”.