New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 69

69 Applying for maritime document while disqualified

1 Every person commits an offence who applies for or obtains a maritime document while disqualified by an order of a court from obtaining such a document and any such document so obtained shall be of no effect.

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 6 months or a fine not exceeding $2,000:

b) in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $20,000;—

and the court may order the person to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a maritime document for such period not exceeding 12 months as the court thinks fit.

Note: 1990 No 98 s 48

History: Section 69(2): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).