Section 101
of Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1960
Section 101
If a master, seaman or apprentice belonging to a North Borneo ship by wilful breach of duty or by neglect of duty or by reason of drunkenness –
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(a)
does any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction or serious damage of the ship or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of a person belonging to or on board the ship; or
(b)
refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving the ship from immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board the ship from immediate danger to life or limb, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to imprisonment for two years and a fine of five thousand dollars.
Desertion and absence without leave.