Penang Port Commission Act 1955 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part VII · Offences, Damages, Penalties and Proceedings
91. Damage due by one vessel to another
Feedback & supportIf the master of any vessel or the crew under his command or any other person wilfully, negligently or carelessly does or causes to be done any damage to any vessel in any dock or lying alongside any wharf, or being elsewhere within the limits of the port, the amount of the damage may be recovered from the master or owner of the first mentioned vessel, where the claim does not exceed the sum of one thousand ringgit, in a Magistrate’s Court, or, whatever may be the extent of the claim, by action at law in the High Court.
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having for the time being the command or charge of any vessel;