Section 89: Report of accidents

89. Report of accidents (1) Where a pleasure craft— (a) has sustained, or caused, an accident occasioning loss of life, or serious injury to a person; [Issue 4] T11 – 46 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) has sustained an accident, or caused an accident to any vessel, or otherwise sustained a defect or deficiency in the pleasure craft itself, or where defect in its equipment is discovered, and the accident, damage, defect or deficiency has affected, or is likely to affect the seaworthiness of the pleasure craft, or the efficiency or completeness of the safety equipment of the pleasure craft; (c) has been in a position of great peril, either from the action of another pleasure craft or of a ship, from the danger of wreck or collision; or (d) has been stranded or wrecked, the registered owner or the skipper shall— (i) as soon as reasonably practicable, report the accident to the nearest Coast Guard Station or police station; (ii) within 24 hours of the happening, make a written report thereof to the Director. (2) Where a pleasure craft has collided against another pleasure craft, both skippers shall exchange respective details of their skipper's licence and the names of the registered owners of their pleasure craft on such forms and in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) Any registered owner or skipper of a pleasure craft who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with subsection (1) or (2), 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. (4) Where the Director is informed of the happening referred to in subsection (2), he shall investigate the matter or cause it to be investigated. [S. 89 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]