Section 114: Duty to ensure seaworthiness
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.
114. Duty to ensure seaworthiness
(1) Where a pleasure craft is operated by a skipper pursuant to an
agreement with an owner, the owner shall—
(a) take all reasonable measures to ensure the seaworthiness of the
pleasure craft for the trip before the intended trip starts;
(b) keep on board the pleasure craft all safety equipment as may be
required under its pleasure craft licence, or as may be prescribed.
(2) Where the owner contravenes subsection (1), he shall commit an
offence and, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 10,000
rupees and not exceeding 100,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 2 years.
[S. 114 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]