Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Regulations

Merchant Shipping (Maritime Security) Regulations, 2004

Part 1 : Preliminary

Division 8 - General defences

14. Complying with control directions
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If—

(a)a person is required to comply with a control direction, and
(b)compliance with the direction would mean that the person commits an offence in terms of, or otherwise contravenes a requirement of, the Act or these regulations,

the person, in complying with the control direction, is taken not to have committed the offence or contravened the requirement.