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14. (1) If any ship is used for the importation or
exportation of any deleterious drug contrary to this
ordinance or for the receipt or storage of any de leterious
drug imported contrary thereto, the owner and Master
thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten
thousand dollars unless it is proved to the satisfaction
of the Court that the Owner or Master was not implicated
in the placing or keeping of such deleterious drugs on
board the vessel and that the offence in question was
committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance, and
the ship may be detained by Order of the Court until
security has been given for such sum as the 'Court orders,
not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
(2) Except in the case of deleterious drugs aansigned
to or by the Principal Civil Medical Officer and except as
provided by Section 13 (ii) and (iii), the finding of any
de leterious drug on board any ship shall be prima facie
evidence that the ship has been used for the importation
or exportation of deleterious drugs contrary to this
ordinance or for the receipt or storage of such deleterious
drugs imported contrary thereto.
(3) For the purposes of this section the expression
Master shall include every person (except a pilot) having
command or charge of the ship.