116. Offences in connection with safety of vessels, etc.

Any person who —

wilfully and without lawful excuse loosens or removes from its moorings or from its fastenings alongside any wharf or dock, any vessel within the port without leave or authority from the master or owner of such vessel or person in charge of such wharf or dock;

wilfully and without lawful excuse lifts, injures, makes a vessel fast to, loosens or sets adrift any moorings, buoys, beacons or sea or land marks;

without any lawful excuse discharges any gun in the port except for the purpose of making a signal of distress or for such other purpose as is allowed under any written law;

graves, breams or smokes any vessel in the port, or boils or heats any pitch, tar, resin, dammar, turpentine oil or other such combustible matter on board any vessel within the port, at any time or within any limits at or within which such act is prohibited by any order of the Minister, or contrary to the orders or directions of the Port Master or the master of such vessel;

uses a naked light when drawing off spirits, turpentine oil or other inflammable oils or liquids of any kind on board any vessel in the port; or

uses a vessel, or permits a vessel to be used within the port —

when such vessel is in such a state that by reason of the defective condition of its hull, equipment or machinery, or by reason of under-manning or otherwise the life of any person is likely to be endangered;

when such vessel is so loaded with cargo or passengers or both cargo and passengers as to endanger the life of any person on board; or

in contravention of any regulation made under this Act thereby endangering the life of any person,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.[100