New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 38

38 Contravention of emergency maritime rule

1 Every person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any emergency maritime rule made under section 37 .

2 Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable on conviction,—

a) in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $5,000:

b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $30,000.

Note: 1990 No 98 s 53

History: Section 38(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).