1652
Penalty for fraudulent use of
licence.
Offences by licensed pilots.
Offences by licensed pilots punishable by Supreme Court.
*
No. 3 of 1904.
PILOTS.
(3) Every unlicensed person who, for the purpose of making himself appear to be a licensed pilot, uses a licence which he is not entitled to use, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(4) Every licensed pilot who,-
(a) when not engaged as pilot refuses, without reasonable excuse to the satisfaction of a magistrate, to take charge of a vessel entering or leaving a harbour; or
(b) when not engaged as a pilot refuses or neglects, without reasonable excuse to the satisfaction of a magistrate, to go and take charge of a vessel carrying the signal for a pilot; or
(c) acts as a pilot when in a state of intoxication, or is guilty of any violent or disorderly conduct whilst on duty; or
(d) refuses on the request of the master to conduct the ship which he is piloting into any water in which he is qualified to conduct the same, except on reasonable ground of danger to the ship; or
(e) quits the ship of which he has the charge without the consent of the master, before the service for which he was hired has been performed,
shall, in addition to any liability for damages at the suit of the person aggrieved, be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months, and he shall also be liable to have his licence cancelled or suspended by the Harbour Master.
6. Every licensed pilot who, when in charge of any ship, by wilful breach of duty or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness-
(1) does any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage of such ship, or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of any person on board such ship; or
(2) refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving such ship from loss, destruction or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board of such ship from danger to life or limb,
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.