Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TORRES STRAIT FISHERIES ACT 1984 NO. 23 OF 1984 - SECT. 53.

53. (1) The master of a boat on which, or by the use of which, an offence
against this Act (in this section referred to as the ''primary offence'') is
committed is guilty of an offence against this section and is punishable, on
conviction, as if it were the primary offence.

(2) A person may be convicted of an offence against this section whether or
not the identity of the person who committed the primary offence appears, or
has appeared, from the evidence in the proceedings in respect of the offence
against this section or in any other proceedings, but a person shall not be
convicted both of an offence against this section and of the primary offence.

(3) The provisions of section 52 apply where a person is convicted of an
offence against this section in like manner as they would apply if that person
had been convicted of the primary offence.