Section 72
Penalty for disobeying orders of wharf superintendent
of Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981
(1)
If the master of a vessel, without the permission of the
Authority, brings or causes his vessel to be placed alongside any wharf or dock entrance, or acts contrary to the directions or neglects to obey the orders of the wharf superintendent in relation to the time and manner of coming into or going out of any dock, or of coming alongside any wharf, or as to the berth allotted for his vessel to occupy, or disobeys an order to remove his vessel from the berth or to alter the same, the master or owner of the vessel shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
(2)
Where the master of a vessel which has finished loading or discharging or is waiting for cargo or ballast fails to comply with a notice given to him or to the officer in charge of the vessel by the
* NOTE—Previously “five hundred ringgit”—see Bintulu Port Authority (Amendment) Act 1992
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wharf superintendent directing that the vessel leave the wharf, the master or the owner of the vessel shall, in addition to the fine, be liable to pay a sum (by way of damages) assessed at the rate of one-quarter cent per gross registered ton for every hour that the vessel remains at the wharf after the time for departure required by the notice has expired.