S.L. 234.38 Art. 22Offences and penalties.

(1) Where any order for the detention of a ship or for stoppage of operation of a ship is breached, the owner or operator of a ship and her master shall each be guilty of an offence and shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand units.

(2) Where a ship -

(a) fails to proceed to a repair yard as specified in accordance with regulation 16(1) or breaches any of the conditions which may have been imposed thereunder, or

(b) enters a port in breach of a refusal of access to enter port, the owner or operator of the ship and her master shall each be guilty of an offence and shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand units.

(3) Where any person fails to comply with the provisions of regulation 5(1) and with those of regulation 18, such person shall be guilty of an offence in each case and shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding one thousand units.

(4) Any person who obstructs an inspector or any person assisting the inspector shall be guilty of an offence and shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred units.