Singapore legislation

Clause 31

Repeal and re-enactment of section 340

Section 340 of the principal Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“No ship to leave port without port clearance340.—

(1)

No ship, other than a ship referred to in subsection (2) of this section, shall leave any port or place in Singapore without the master obtaining a port clearance from the Port Master.(2) This section shall not apply to —

(a)

any ship of war;

(b)

any ship belonging to or for the time being in the service or employment of the Government unless such vessel is carrying or habitually carries cargo or passengers for freight or fares; and

(c)

ships of a class which have been exempted from the operation of this section by the Minister.(3) If any ship, not being exempted from the operation of this section, leaves or attempts to leave any port or place without a port clearance, the master of the ship and also the owner and any person who sends or attempts to send the ship to sea, if that owner or person is party or privy to the offence, shall be liable for each offence to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and the ship, if she has not left Singapore waters, may be detained.”.

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