s 15 Compulsory insurance against liability for wreck removal
15.—(1) A Singapore ship may not enter or leave a port in Singapore, or a port in a country other than Singapore, unless —(a) the ship is covered by wreck removal insurance; (b) the Director has certified that the ship is covered by wreck removal insurance; and (c) a copy of the Director’s certificate is carried on board the ship. (2) A foreign ship may not enter or leave a port in Singapore unless —(a) the ship is covered by wreck removal insurance; and (b) there is carried on board the ship written evidence of paragraph (a). (3) The master of a ship must —(a) ensure that the certificate mentioned in subsection (1)(c) or the written evidence mentioned in subsection (2)(b) (as the case may be) is carried on board the ship; and (b) on demand, produce the certificate or the written evidence (as the case may be) to —(i) any officer of the Authority; or (ii) any consular officer within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. (4) If —(a) a Singapore ship enters or leaves, or a person attempts to navigate the ship into or out of, a port in Singapore or any other country in contravention of subsection (1); or (b) a foreign ship enters or leaves, or a person attempts to navigate the ship into or out of, a port in Singapore in contravention of subsection (2), the master and the operator of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000. (5) A master of a ship who fails to comply with subsection (3)(a) or (b) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000. (6) If a person attempts to navigate a ship into or out of a port in Singapore in contravention of subsection (4), the ship may be detained by —(a) the Director; (b) an officer of the Authority; (c) a police officer; or (d) a commissioned officer on full pay in the Singapore Armed Forces. (7) Section 209 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 applies to the detention of a ship under this Act with the necessary modifications. (8) In this section, a reference to a port includes —(a) in the case of a port in Singapore — any offshore facility in the territorial sea of Singapore; and (b) in the case of a port in a country other than Singapore — an offshore facility in the territorial sea of that country.