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Rh (2) Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 180 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179).

(3) Any person in Singapore who abets the commission elsewhere of any act which would—
 * (a) but for section 3(2), be an offence under that section;
 * (b) but for section 4(5), be an offence under that section;
 * (c) but for section 5(6), be an offence under that section; or
 * (d) but for section 6(4), be an offence under that section,

shall be guilty of an offence.

Master's power of delivery

8.—(1) This section shall have effect for the purposes of any proceedings before any court in Singapore.

(2) If the master of a ship, wherever that ship may be, and whatever the state in which it is registered, has reasonable grounds to believe that any person on board the ship has committed any relevant maritime offence in relation to any ship other than a warship or other ship used as a naval auxiliary or in customs or law enforcement service, he may deliver that person to an appropriate officer in Singapore.

(3) The master of a ship registered in Singapore may, in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2), also deliver the person concerned to an appropriate officer of any other Convention country.

(4) Where the master of a ship intends to deliver any person under subsection (2) or (3), he shall give notification in the prescribed form to an appropriate officer in that country—
 * (a) of his intention to deliver that person to an appropriate officer in that country; and
 * (b) of his reasons for intending to do so.

(5) Any notification under subsection (4) shall be given—
 * (a) before the ship in question enters the territorial waters of that country; or