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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Offences in relation to maritime document

69: Applying for maritime document while disqualified

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"Breaking the law by applying for a maritime document when you're not allowed to"

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If you apply for a maritime document while a court has disqualified you, you commit an offence. You will get a penalty if you are found guilty of this offence. The penalty can be imprisonment or a fine, and the court can also stop you from getting a maritime document for up to 12 months.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Offences in relation to maritime document

69Applying for maritime document while disqualified

  1. Every person commits an offence who applies for or obtains a maritime document while disqualified by an order of a court from obtaining such a document and any such document so obtained shall be of no effect.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $20,000;—
        1. and the court may order the person to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a maritime document for such period not exceeding 12 months as the court thinks fit.

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      • Section 69(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).