Malaysia legislation

Section 92D

of PENANG PORT COMMISSION ACT 1955

Section 92D

(a)

does any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction or serious damage of the vessel, or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb or any person on board the vessel; or

(b)

refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving the vessel from loss, destruction or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board the vessel from danger to life or limb, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, and shall also be liable on conviction to suspension or dismissal by the Commission:

Provided that no person licensed under subsection 70CA(1) shall be dimissed by the Commission.

Failure to employ Commission pilot or licensed pilot under certain circumstances