Section 5
Minimum age of seafarers
of Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) Act 2014
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Section 5
(1)
A person must not cause or permit a person below 16 years of age to be employed on board a ship.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.