Clause 33

Subsections (2) and (3) of section 342 of the principal Act are hereby deleted and the following substituted therefor: —“(2) Where under this Act or any other written law a ship is to be detained, the Port Master shall, and where under this Act or any other written law a ship may be detained, the Port Master may, refuse to issue a port clearance to that ship.(3) The Port Master may refuse to issue a port clearance to any ship whose owner or master has not complied with, or has been charged with an offence under, any of the provisions of this Act or any other written law.”.