Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part XIII
201. (1)
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director, a Port Health Offtcer, a surveyor of ships or a police offtcer may, at any time, for the purposes of this Order -
Director
"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
go on board any ship and inspect and examine the ship or any part thereof or its equipment;
ship
"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;
enter and inspect any premises;
premises
"premises" includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether opened or enclosed, whether permanently built on or not, whether public or private, whether on land or on water, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;
{c) require and enforce the production of any book, certificate or document relating to any ship or persons on board the ship;
muster the crew and passengers of any ship;
{e) summon any person before him and require him to answer questions; and
{fJ require any ship to be taken into a dock for the purpose of surveying the hull.
The Director may, in his discretion, compound any offence under this
Order or the regulations which is prescribed as a compoundable offence by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $1,000.
prescribed
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
Powers of inspector.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
equipment
Defined · s 2"equipment", in relation to a ship, includes every fitting, thing or article belonging to, on or in the ship used or to be used in connection with, or necessary for the navigation or safety of, the ship or persons on board or the prevention of pollution, whether or not the fitting, thing or article is prescribed by this Order and, in particular, includes machinery, boilers, cargo handling gear and any fitting, thing or article prescribed by this Order;
port
Defined · s 2"port" means any area in Brunei Darussalam declared to be a port under the Ports Act;
premises
Defined · s 2"premises" includes messuages, houses, buildings, lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any tenure, whether opened or enclosed, whether permanently built on or not, whether public or private, whether on land or on water, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;
prescribed
Defined · s 2"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan;
ship
Defined · s 2"ship" means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or moved and includes - (a} a barge, lighter or other floating vessel; and (b) an air cushion vehicle, or other similar craft, used wholly or primarily in navigation by water;