Merchant Shipping Act

The Merchant Shipping Act and its subsidiary legislation.

The Merchant Shipping Act is a Singapore Act of Parliament that covers the registration of ships in Singapore, manning and crew matters as well as safety issues.

Subsidiary Legislation
• Authorisation to Extend Expired Certificates
• Exemption of Government and Port of Singapore Authority Vessels
• Merchant Shipping (Authorised Organisations) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Composition of Offences) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Court of Survey) Rules
• Merchant Shipping (Crew Accommodation) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Crew Agreements, Lists of Crew and Discharge of Seamen) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Discharge Books) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Disciplinary Offences) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Exemption under Section 222) Notification
• Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Limitation of Liability) (Singapore Currency Equivalents) Order
• Merchant Shipping (Load Line) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Medical Stores) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Non-Convention Ships) Safety Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Official Log Books) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Collisions at Sea) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Property of Deceased Seamen) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Provisions and Water) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Repatriation) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Returns of Births and Deaths) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Allotments) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Wages and Accounts) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Shipping Casualties, Appeals and Rehearings) Rules
• Merchant Shipping (Special Limits Passenger Ships) Safety Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Staff Transfer) Rules
• Merchant Shipping (Survey of Passenger Steamers) Rules
• Merchant Shipping (Survey of Singapore Ships) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Manning) Regulations
• Merchant Shipping (Transit of Cattle by Sea) Rules
• Merchant Shipping (Wing-in-Ground Craft) Regulations 2010
• Notice under Section 14 (5)

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