Section 23

If any young person is employed in any ship in contravention of section 21 or 22, the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40, and in the case of a second or subsequent offence not exceeding $100 and where a young person is taken into employment in any ship in contravention of section 21 or 22 on the production by, or with the privity of, the parent, of a false or forged certificate or on a false representation by the parent that the young person is of an age at which such employment is not in contravention of those sections, that parent shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $40.

If the master of a ship fails to keep such a register as is required to be kept by him under section 21 or, on being so required by the Superintendent or any other person having power to enforce compliance with the provisions of this Act, refuses or neglects to produce for inspection by that officer or person any such register as aforesaid or any certificate delivered to him under section 22, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $400.[36