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Singapore legislation

Regulation 28

of Merchant Shipping (Pleasure Craft) Regulations 2020

Regulation 28

Number of persons to be carried

Subregulation 1

The owner or master of a Singapore pleasure craft must not cause or permit the pleasure craft to carry on board a number of persons that is greater than its carrying capacity as determined in accordance with the Third Schedule.

Subregulation 2

The owner or master of a Singapore pleasure craft must not cause or permit the pleasure craft to carry more than 12 passengers.

Subregulation 3

A person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Subregulation 4

In a prosecution for an offence under paragraph (3), it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that the person charged with the offence intended to commit the offence.