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Section 52 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

52 Owner or master to furnish details of crew of ship

(1) The owner or master of a ship to which this Part applies shall, at such times as are prescribed and in accordance with the prescribed form or in a form approved by the Minister by instrument in writing, furnish to a superintendent at a port such details of, and such details of changes in, the crew of the ship as are required by the form to be furnished. (2) Where there is a failure to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a ship to which this Part applies, the owner and the master of the ship are each guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding: (a) in the case of an offence by a natural person—$500; or (b) in the case of an offence by a body corporate—$1,000.