Singapore legislation
Clause 53
Clause 53
Crew agreements
(1)
Except as provided under subsection (4), an agreement in writing shall be made between each person employed as a seaman on a ship and the person employing him and shall be signed both by him and by or on behalf of the person employing him.
(2)
The agreements made under this section with the several persons employed on a ship shall be contained in one document (referred to in this Act as a crew agreement) except that in such cases as the Director may approve —
the agreements to be made under this section with the persons employed on a ship may be contained in more than one crew agreement; and
one crew agreement may relate to more than one ship.
(3)
Subject to this section, a crew agreement shall be carried in the ship to which the agreement relates whenever the ship goes to sea.
(4)
This section shall not apply to any ship of less than 25 net tons exclusively employed in trading within such limits as are prescribed by regulations.
(5)
If a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea in contravention of the requirements of this section, the master or the person employing the crew of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and the ship may be detained.