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Last Updated: 1 August 2021
AN ACT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FIJI’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE IMO CONVENTIONS AND TO ENSURE THAT PARTICIPANTS IN THE MARITIME TRANSPORT SYSTEM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND TO CONSOLIDATE RELATED MARITIME LAWS INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR RELATED MATTERS
[MAT 54] Acting without necessary maritime document54
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- (a)operates, maintains, or services; or
- (b)does any other act in respect of—
any ship or maritime equipment, without holding the appropriate current maritime document commits an offence.
(2) Any person who—
- (a)operates, maintains, or services; or
- (b)does any other act in respect of,
any ship or maritime equipment knowing that a current maritime document is required to be held in respect of that ship or product before that act may lawfully be done and knowing that the appropriate document is not held, commits an offence.
(3) Any person who commits an offence against subsections (1) or (2) is liable upon conviction—
- (a)in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000;
- (b)in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000; and
- (c)in any case, to an additional penalty under section 251.
(4) For the purposes of this section a maritime document is not a current maritime document—
- (a)if it is for the time being suspended under this Act; or
- (b)in relation to an act if the endorsement that is required to authorise that act is for the time being suspended under this Act.