MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
975
(a) the licensing, regulation and control of launches and motor boats, and of the owners, masters and engineers of launches and motor boats;
(b) the payment of fees in respect of licences, permits, clearances, certificates, surveys, and other documents and services relating to launches or motor boats;
(c) the duties of the owners, masters and engineers of launches and motor boats; and
(d) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this section.
(3) Every person who does or is a party to any act forbidden by this section or by any regulation made thereunder, and every person who omits to do anything which he is required to do by this section or by any regulation made thereunder, and every licensee who commits a breach of any condition of his licence, shall, where no other penalty is provided, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(4) If any unlicensed launch or motor boat carries more persons than might lawfully be carried under the regulations made under this section, having regard to the size of the launch or motor boat, the amount of space available, and the number of part or parts of the waters of the Colony in which the launch or motor boat has carried such persons, or if any licensed launch or motor boat carries more passengers than may lawfully be carried under the conditions of the licence, the owner and master shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(5) Every person who places on the safety valve of any licensed launch any greater pressure than is allowed under the conditions of the licence, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
(6) Every person who places on the safety valve of any unlicensed launch any greater pressure than would have been lawful if the launch had been surveyed immediately before the occurrence of the alleged offence and had been licensed under this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.