275Passenger landed elsewhere than at destination

275 Passenger landed elsewhere than at destination

(1) The master or owner of a ship commits an offence if: (a) the master or owner engages in conduct; and (b) the conduct results in a passenger on the ship being landed from the ship at a port other than the port at which the passenger contracted to land.

Penalty: $1,000.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if: (a) the passenger consents to being landed from the ship as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b); or (b) it is an unavoidable necessity that the passenger be landed as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).