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

Regulations

Merchant Shipping  (INF Code) Regulations, 2003

11. Offences and penalties
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(1) Any contravention of regulation 5 or 6(1) is an offence on the part of the ship's master and each person who is an operator of the ship, and is punishable on conviction by a fine or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.

 

(2) Any contravention of regulation 8(3) is an offence punishable on conviction by a fine or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.

 

(3) Any contravention of regulation 9(2) by a ship's master is an offence punishable on conviction by a fine or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.

 

(4) Any contravention of regulation 9(3) is an offence on the part of each person who is an operator, or an agent of an operator, of the ship, and is punishable on conviction by a fine or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.

 

(5) Any contravention of regulation 9(5) or (6) is an offence punishable on conviction by a fine or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.