Section 95: Operating or being in charge of a pleasure craft with alcohol concentration above prescribed limit
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95. Operating or being in charge of a pleasure craft with alcohol concentration above prescribed limit
(1) Where a person—
(a) operates or attempts to operate a pleasure craft, or an exempt
pleasure craft, in a navigational area; or
(b) is in charge of a pleasure craft, or an exempt pleasure craft, in a
navigational area,
after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, blood
or urine exceeds the prescribed limit, he shall commit an offence.
(2) (a) A person convicted of an offence under this section shall 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.
(b) 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. 95 amended by s. 29 (b) of Act 38 of 2011 w.e.f. 15 December 2011.]