Section 79: Operating pleasure craft without skipper's licence
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.
79. Operating pleasure craft without skipper's licence
(1) No person shall—
(a) operate or take charge of a pleasure craft in a navigational area,
unless he is the holder of a skipper's licence authorising him to
operate a pleasure craft of that class or description;
(b) permit or employ any person to operate or be in charge of a
pleasure craft in a navigational area, unless that person holds a
valid skipper's licence.
(2) Where any person contravenes this section, he shall commit an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than 5,000
rupees and not exceeding 50,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year.
(3) In the case of a second or subsequent conviction, the offender under
subsection (2) shall 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. 79 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]