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

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	Every master who contravenes regulation 5 or 6 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months.

(2)	Every owner or master who contravenes regulation 8 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year.

(3)	It shall be a defence for a person charged in terms of these regulations to show that he or she took all reasonable steps and used all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.