Section 94: Operating or being in charge of pleasure craft when under influence of
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.
94. Operating or being in charge of pleasure craft when under influence of
intoxicating drinks or drugs
(1) Any person who—
(a) when operating, or attempting to operate, a pleasure craft or an
exempt pleasure craft in a navigational area;
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(b) when in charge of a pleasure craft or an exempt pleasure craft in
a navigational area,
is unfit to operate it by reason of his being under the influence of an intoxicating drink or of a drug to such an extent as to be incapable of having
proper control of the pleasure craft or an exempt pleasure craft, 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.
(2) In the case of a second or subsequent conviction, the offender under
subsection (1) 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.
(3) Part X of the Criminal Procedure Act, the Probation of Offenders Act
and the Community Service Order Act shall not apply to a person liable to be
sentenced under subsection (1).
[S. 94 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]