64. Penalties as to employment of pilot

( 1 ) Any person who, not being an authorised pilot, engages in any pilotage act or attempts to obtain employment as a pilot of a vessel entering or within any pilotage district is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

Any owner, agent or master of a vessel entering or within any pilotage district who knowingly employs -

For the purposes of this section, a person employed under section 62(1) or authorised under section 62(2)(a) or (b) acting beyond the limits for which he is licensed or authorised to act or acting in contravention of any of the conditions imposed under section 62(2)(a) or (b) or 70 is deemed not to be an authorised pilot.

Any person may, without subjecting himself or his employer to any penalty, act as the pilot of a vessel entering or leaving any pilotage district, when such vessel is in distress or under circumstances making it necessary for the master to avail himself of the best assistance that can be found at the time.