70. No vessel to leave port without port clearance
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No vessel, other than a vessel referred to in subsection (3), shall leave the port without the owner, agent or master obtaining port clearance from the Port Master.
vessel
“vessel” includes any ship or boat or air-cushioned vehicle or floating rig or platform used in any form of operations at sea or any other description of vessel;
The owner, agent or master of the vessel applying for port clearance under subsection (1) shall —
owner
“owner”, when used in relation to goods, includes any consignor, consignee, shipper or agent of the owner for the sale, custody, loading, handling, discharge or delivery of such goods; and, when used in relation to any vessel, includes any part-owner, charterer, operator, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof or any duly authorised agent of any such person;
deposit at the office of the Port Master —
a general declaration of departure in such form as the Port Master may determine;
a list of crew;
a list of passengers on board;
a copy of the manifest of cargo on board and cargo loaded on or discharged at the port; and
such other documents as may be required by the Port Master from time to time; and
produce for inspection the certificate of registration of the vessel.
This section shall not apply to —
any ship of war;
any vessel 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
vessels which have been exempted from complying with this section by the Minister.
If any vessel, not being exempted from complying with this section, leaves or attempts to leave the port without port clearance, the owner, agent or master of the vessel or any person who sends or attempts to send the vessel to sea shall, if that owner, agent, master or person is party or privy to the offence, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction for every offence to a fine not exceeding $10,000, and the vessel, if she has not left Singapore waters, may be detained.
port
“port” means any place in Singapore and any navigable river or channel leading into such place declared to be the port under section 3;
No port clearance shall be granted to any vessel whose owner, agent or master has not complied with the Registration of Imports and Exports Act [Cap. 270], or any other Act relating to the import or export of goods into or from Singapore.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any vessel;
Where under this Act or any other written law a vessel is to be detained, the Port Master shall, and where under this Act or any other written law a vessel may be detained the Port Master may, refuse to issue a port clearance to that vessel.
Port Master
“Port Master” means the Port Master appointed under section 30 and includes any Deputy Port Master appointed under that section;
The Port Master may refuse to issue a port clearance to any vessel whose owner or master has not complied with, or has been charged with an offence under, any of the provisions of this Act or any other written law.
The Port Master may refuse to issue a port clearance to any vessel which has anchored in the submarine cable corridor unless the owner, agent or master of the vessel has deposited such sum of money or furnished such security as may be required by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore in order to meet the costs of making good the damage, whether actual or estimated by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, to the submarine cable and its associated plant (referred to in this section as the submersible plant).
Where the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore has reason to believe that the submersible plant has been damaged by a vessel, the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore may require the owner, agent or master of that vessel to carry out an inspection or survey of the submersible plant in such manner as it considers necessary.
The expenses of any inspection or survey of the submersible plant carried out under subsection (9) shall be paid by the owner, agent or master of the vessel.
For the purposes of subsections (8) to (10), “submarine cable corridor” means the area designated by the Port Master as the submarine cable corridor.
The Port Master shall not issue a port clearance for any vessel until the owner, agent or master of such vessel has declared to him the name of the nation or state to which he claims that she belongs, and if so required by the Port Master, has produced the certificate of registry of the vessel and the Port Master shall thereupon inscribe that name on the port clearance.[65C