6.—(1) Any ship upon entering Singapore waters from any infected area shall show the appropriate signals set out in the Third Schedule, anchor at a quarantine anchorage, and shall be inspected by a Port Health Officer, except that the requirement to anchor at the quarantine anchorage shall not extend to —
(a)
any mail ship —
(i)
which has been exempted by the appropriate Minister;
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(ii)
which is carrying no deck passengers;
(iii)
the master of which has notified a Port Health Officer by wireless message or signal, not less than 12 hours before the arrival of the ship, that there is no case or suspected case of infectious disease on board; and
(iv)
the master of which produces on arrival in port a signed entry declaration in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule; or
(b)
ships arriving at any area in Singapore directly from a previous port of call in Singapore where exemption has been granted by a Port Health Officer in writing in the Form A set out in the Fifth Schedule.
(2) No ship which has proceeded to a quarantine anchorage shall leave the quarantine anchorage without a pratique in the Form B set out in the Fifth Schedule. After receiving such pratique the ship shall lower the quarantine signal.
(3) No pilot shall remove any ship from a quarantine anchorage until he has sight of the pratique granted to the ship.