Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part IV · Employment of Seamen
Section 99
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No young person shall be employed on any ship except as permitted by regulations made under this section.
young person
"young person" means any person who has not attained the age of 18 years. (2) References in this Order- {a} to a failure to do any act or thing include references to a refusal or neglect to do that act or thing; (b) to going to sea include, in the case of a Brunei Darussalam ship, references to going to sea from any country or territory outside Brunei Darussalam; (c) to dying in a ship include references to dying in a ship's boat or life raft and to being lost from a ship, ship's boat or life raft; {d) to the date of commencement of this Order are to the date of commencement of the main substantive provisions of this Order; and {e) to this Order include references to regulations made under this Order. (3) For the purposes of this Order- {a} a seaman is discharged from a ship when his employment on that ship is terminated; (b) a seaman is discharged from a ship in any country or territory and left there shall be deemed to be left behind in that country or territory notwithstanding that the ship also remains there; and {c) a ship shall be deemed to have gone to sea if it has got under way for any purpose except for the purpose of moving the ship from one berth or place in a port to another berth or place in the port. • Exemption of naval ships etc.
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations prescribing the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which young persons who have attained such specified age may be employed on a ship in such capacities as may be specified.
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 any person is employed on a ship in contravention of any regulations made under this section or if any condition subject to which a person may be employed under any such regulation is not complied with, the owner or the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a nne not exceeding $5,000.
master
"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;
Extension to foreign ships.
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;
young person
Defined · s 2"young person" means any person who has not attained the age of 18 years. (2) References in this Order- {a} to a failure to do any act or thing include references to a refusal or neglect to do that act or thing; (b) to going to sea include, in the case of a Brunei Darussalam ship, references to going to sea from any country or territory outside Brunei Darussalam; (c) to dying in a ship include references to dying in a ship's boat or life raft and to being lost from a ship, ship's boat or life raft; {d) to the date of commencement of this Order are to the date of commencement of the main substantive provisions of this Order; and {e) to this Order include references to regulations made under this Order. (3) For the purposes of this Order- {a} a seaman is discharged from a ship when his employment on that ship is terminated; (b) a seaman is discharged from a ship in any country or territory and left there shall be deemed to be left behind in that country or territory notwithstanding that the ship also remains there; and {c) a ship shall be deemed to have gone to sea if it has got under way for any purpose except for the purpose of moving the ship from one berth or place in a port to another berth or place in the port. • Exemption of naval ships etc.
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