Merchant Shipping Act · s 70

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s 70Unqualified

(1)

Any person who-persons going to sea as qualified officers or seamen

Production of certificates and other documents of qualification

Crew Agree-ments

(a)

goes to sea as a qualified officer, seaman or other person without being such a qualified officer, seaman or person; or

(b)

employs a person as a qualified officer, sea-man or other person without ascertaining that the person so employed is qualified, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $2,000.

(2)

In this section "qualified" means qualified for the purposes of section 68 or holding a valid certificate of com-petency under section 69.