Port Authorities Act 1963 · Updated to 1 Dec 2020 · Part VI · Offences, Damages, Penalties and Procedures
36. Penalty for giving a false draught of water
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master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having for the time being the command or charge of any vessel;
entering or leaving any dock; or
dock
“dock” includes basins, locks cuts, entrances, graving, docks, keel blocks, inclined planes, slipways gridirons, quays, warehouses and other works and things appertaining to any dock;
intending to enter or leave any dock, or to come alongside or to depart from any wharf, who gives false information relating to the draught of water of such vessel to any officer of the authority whose duty it is to ascertain the same, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit.
wharf
“wharf” includes any wall and building adjoining the foreshore, sea-bed or river-bed;