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Navigation Act 1912
282Offences by passengers
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#### 282 Offences by passengers
(1) No person shall:
(a) enter a ship after having been refused admission thereto by the owner, or any person in the employ of the owner, on account of the ship being full, and after the amount of that person’s fare (if he or she has paid it) has been tendered to him or her; or
(b) fail to quit a ship forthwith, after being ordered to do so by master or any officer, on account of the ship being full, before it has left the place at which that person went on board and after having the amount of his or her fare (if he or she has paid it) returned or tendered to him or her; or
(c) travel in a ship without first paying his or her fare, and with intent to avoid payment thereof; or
(d) having paid his or her fare for a certain distance, proceed in the ship beyond that distance without first paying the additional fare for the additional distance, and with intent to avoid payment thereof; or
(e) fail to quit the ship at the place to which that person has paid his or her fare; or
(f) fail, when requested by an officer of the ship to do so, either to pay his or her fare or exhibit that ticket or receipt, if any, showing the payment of his or her fare; or
(g) not being a passenger or a member of the crew, fail to quit any ship when requested by any officer thereof.
Penalty: $500.
(2) The penalty under this section shall not prejudice the recovery of any fare payable by the offender.