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

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Merchant Shipping (Training, Certification and Safe Manning) Regulations, 2021

Part 9 : Supplemental

123. Offences and penalties

 

(1) An owner who contravenes regulation 93(1) or (4) or 95(1) 121 or 122 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months.

 

(2) Every employer, being an employer who in terms of Regulation 95 has become subject to the duties of the owner under that Regulation, who contravenes Regulation 95 commits an offence

 

(3) A master who contravenes regulations 94 (1) or (2), 95(1), (5), (7), (12) or 14 or 96(2) commits an offence and is liable on a conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months.

 

(4) A seafarer who contravenes regulation 94, 95(14) or 96(2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding twelve months.