No. S 95
Merchant Shipping Act
(Chapter 179)
Merchant Shipping (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 216 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2003.
Compoundable offences
2.  The following offences may be compounded by the Director in accordance with section 205(2) of the Act:
(a)any offence under section 48, 49(1), 53(5), 57(5), 73(2), 89(4), 91(5), 100(5), 103(2), 104(3) or (4), 105(2), 107(2), 109(2) or 212(2) of the Act; or
(b)any offence under regulation 39 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations (Rg 7).
Revocation
3.  The Merchant Shipping (Composition of Offences) Regulations (Rg 16) are revoked.
Made this 24th day of February 2003.
PETER ONG
Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore.
[MPA 46/01.C12.V01/TME; AG/LEG/SL/179/2002/1 Vol. 3]