SHIPPING AND PILOTAGE ACT 1967 - SECT 7
SHIPPING AND PILOTAGE ACT 1967 - SECT 7
7 . Special powers of harbour master in emergencies
(1) Where the harbour
master of a port is satisfied that a dangerous situation exists in a port and
that —
(a) the
presence of a vessel within the port constitutes a danger to the safety of
persons, or to another vessel or to valuable property within the port; and
(b) it
is impossible to remove the vessel from the port or that the removal of the
vessel from the port would itself create a danger to the safety of persons or
to another vessel or to valuable property within the port,
the harbour master may
order the master of the vessel, the presence of which constitutes such a
danger, to forthwith scuttle the vessel and, if the master fails to comply
forthwith with that order, the harbour master may by any means that he thinks
fit, cause the vessel to be scuttled.
[(2) deleted]
[Section 7 amended: No. 9 of 2014 s. 40.]