Merchant Shipping Order, 2002 · As enacted · Part VIII
Section 126
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Director shall provide and maintain such number of lighthouses, buoys, beacons and other navigational aids as may seem to him to be deemed necessary to assist navigation and levy such dues in respect of them.
Director
"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
Any person who wilfully and without lawful excuse -
injures any lighthouses or lights exhibited therein, or any buoy, beacon or navigational aid, or any cables, wires or other apparatus or structures, either in connection therewith; or
removes, loosens, sets adrift, alters or destroys any buoy, beacon or navigational aid or any cables, wires or other apparatus or structures, either in connection therewith or otherwise; or
rides by, makes fast to, or runs foul of any buoy, beacon or navigational aid, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$10,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both and in addition, payment of the expenses of making good any damage so occasioned.
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations prohibiting or regulating the provision and maintenance of lighthouses, buoys and beacons or other navigational aids not owned or erected by the Government.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2"Director" means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine;
Part IX
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Part X