Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
Section 76
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, make regulations requiring ships to carry such medicines and other medical stores (including books containing instructions and advice) as may be specified in the regulations.
{2) If a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea without carrying medical stores which it is required to carry by regulations made under this section, the master or the owner of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $5,000 unless he proves that the failure to carry the medical stores was not due to his neglect or default.
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;
If a person empowered under this Order to inspect the medical stores carried in a ship is not satisfied that the ship carries the stores which it is required to carry by the regulations made under this section, the ship may be detained.
Terms defined in s 2
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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