Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
73. Provisions and water
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
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The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, make regulations requiring such provisions and water to be provided for seamen employed on ships.
Regulations made under this section may require a ship to carry such weighing and measuring equipment as may be necessary to ensure that the quantities of provisions and water supplied to seamen employed on the ship are in accordance with the regulations.
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;
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\3) If any regulation made under this section is not complied with, the master or the person employing the seamen of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fme not exceeding $5,000 unless he proves that the failure to comply was not due to his neglect or default.
master
"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
If a person empowered under this Order to inspect the provisions and water to be supplied to the seamen employed on a ship is not satisfied that the provisions and water are in accordance with regulations made under this section, the ship may be detained.
Complaints about provisions or water.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
master
Defined · s 2"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
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;
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