Merchant Shipping Act 1995 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Survey and Safety
102. Penalty for carrying passengers in excess
Feedback & supportThe owner or the master of any passenger ship must not carry or receive on board thereof, or on or in any part thereof, any number of passengers which, having regard to the time, occasion and circumstances of the case, is greater than the number allowed by the passenger ship’s safety certificate, and if the owner or master does so, the owner or master shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
owner
“owner”, in relation to goods, means every person who is for the time being entitled, either as owner or agent for the owner, to the possession of the goods, subject in the case of a lien (if any) to that lien;
The Director or the Port Master may detain any ship which has contravened subsection (1) for such period until the ship complies with the passenger ship’s safety certificate.
Director
“Director” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;