Malaysia legislation
Section 15
Section 15
Section 14 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1) Any licence issued under this Part shall, unless suspended or cancelled or unless otherwise specified in such licence, be valid for a period—
(a)
not more than twelve months for local fishing vessel operating in Malaysian fisheries waters; and
(b)
not more than twenty-four months for local fishing vessel operating on the high seas, from the date of issuance of such licence.”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words
“or tonnage” the words “, tonnage, engine or any identification”; and
(ii)
by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
“(aa) Any person who damages any identification of a licensed fishing vessel or any identification of a licensed fishing appliance shall be guilty of an offence.”; and
(c)
in subsection (3), by substituting for paragraph (b)
the following paragraph:
“(b) Any owner, master or every member of the crew of the fishing vessel using any letters, numbers or other means of identification other than the letters, numbers or other means of identification as assigned to the fishing vessel shall be guilty of an offence and may be prosecuted separately.”.
Amendment of section 15