5. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 14A, the following regulation:“Power to seize, inspect, etc., vessels in certain cases |
14B.—(1) Any person designated by the Minister for the purposes of this regulation —(a) | must detain and take control and possession, and inspect any vessel within a port within the meaning of section 2 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 170A); and | (b) | may detain and take control and possession, and inspect any vessel that is otherwise within the territorial waters of Singapore (but not a vessel belonging to the naval, military or air forces of any country), |
if the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the vessel was or is involved in any activity, or the transport of anything, prohibited by regulation 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 7, 8, 8A, 8B(1), 8C, 8D, 8E(1), 9, 9A, 10, 11, 12(1), 12A or 13. |
(2) In addition, any person designated by the Minister for the purposes of this regulation must, in the case of a vessel liable to be detained under paragraph (1)(a) and may, in the case of a vessel liable to be detained under paragraph (1)(b), by order prohibit the owner of any such vessel from doing, or allowing to be done, all or any of the following:(a) | using, selling, mortgaging, transferring or leasing the vessel; | (b) | exchanging for funds, goods or services, the vessel; | (c) | otherwise dealing with the vessel in any other way that would result in any change in the location, ownership or possession of the vessel; | (d) | in relation to securities in or funds of that owner which is a corporation, the sole or a substantial asset of which is that vessel —(i) | using, altering, moving, allowing access to or transferring any of the securities or funds; | (ii) | dealing with the securities or funds in any other way that would result in any change in volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character or destination of any of the securities or funds; or | (iii) | make any other change that would enable use (including portfolio management) of the securities or funds. |
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(3) Sections 370, 371 and 372 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68) relating to the handling of property seized by a police officer apply, with the necessary modifications, to any vessel detained by a person designated under paragraph (1) as if any reference in those sections to a police officer were a reference to the person designated under paragraph (1).”. |
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