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Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations
(1981 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Offences and penalties.
PART IX
GENERAL
17. (1) Any person who, in connexion with an application for or the issue of a certificate of competency or a certificate of service or in connexion with the endorsement, or extension of the validity, of a certificate of competency or certificate of service-
(a) makes a false pretence; or
(b) supplies false information,
knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) Any person who-
(a) allows any other person to use a certificate of competency or of service to which that other person is not entitled; or
(b) falsely pretends to be entitled to a certificate of competency or of service,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) or of a conspiracy to commit such an offence or of a conspiracy to defraud in relation to a certificate of competency or a certificate of service, the Director may cancel, or suspend for any period, the certificate of competency or certificate of service held by such person.
(4) The owner and master of any ship who authorizes or permits the ship to proceed to sea in contravention of regulation 13, as read with any rules made by the Director under regulation 15, whether or not the ship so proceeds, commits an offence and is liable-
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) Any person who contravenes regulation 16 commits an offence and is liable-
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
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Merchant Shipping (Certification of Officers) Regulations
(1981 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Offences and penalties.
PART IX
GENERAL
17. (1) Any person who, in connexion with an application for or the issue of a certificate of competency or a certificate of service or in connexion with the endorsement, or extension of the validity, of a certificate of competency or certificate of service-
(a) makes a false pretence; or
(b) supplies false information,
knowing it to be false or not believing it to be true commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2
years.
(2) Any person/who-
(a) allows any other person to use a certificate of competency
or of service to which that other person is not entitled; or
(b) falsely pretends to be entitled to a certificate of competency
or of service,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $50,000 or to imprison- ment for 2 years.
(3) Where any person is convicted of an offence under para- graph (1) or (2) or of a conspiracy to commit such an offence or of a conspiracy to defraud in relation to a certificate of competency or a certificate of service, the Director may cancel, or suspend for any period, the certificate of competency or certificate of service held by such person.
(4) The owner and master of any ship who authorizes or permits the ship to proceed to sea in contravention of regulation 13, as read with any rules made by the Director under regulation 15, whether of not the ship so proceeds, commits an offence and is liable-
(a) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.
(5) Any person who contravenes regulation 16 commits an offence and is liable-
(d) on conviction on indictment, to a fine of $100,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.
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