Section 101: Exceeding speed limit
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
101. Exceeding speed limit
(1) Subject to section 102, no person shall operate a pleasure craft or an
exempt pleasure craft, of any class or description in a navigational area at a
speed exceeding the maximum speed which may be prescribed in relation to
a pleasure craft or an exempt pleasure craft of that class or description.
(2) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, prohibit or restrict
the operating of—
(a) pleasure craft or exempt pleasure craft generally; or
(b) particular classes of pleasure craft or exempt pleasure craft
above a specified speed,
in a navigational area.
(3) Any person who operates a pleasure craft or an exempt pleasure craft
in a navigational area at a speed exceeding a prescribed limit shall commit an
offence and, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 2,000
rupees and not exceeding 20,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 6 months.
[S. 101 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]