New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 67

67 Communicating false information affecting safety

1 Every person commits an offence who by any means provides to another person information relating to the safety of a ship, maritime product, or any other facility or product used in or connected with maritime activities, or any person associated therewith, knowing the information to be false or in a manner reckless as to whether it is false.

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

a) in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000:

b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000.

3 Where the commission of an offence against subsection (1) causes financial loss to any person and the court imposes a fine under subsection (2) in respect of that offence, the court may order that such part of the fine as it thinks fit, but in any event not more than one-half of the fine, be awarded to that person.

Note: 1990 No 98 s 56

History: Section 67(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).