Section 60: False declaration

60. False declaration.—(1) If any person in the case of any declaration made in the presence of or produced to a registrar under this Part or in any document or other evidence produced to such registrar,–– (a) wilfully makes, or assists in making, or procures to be made any false statement concerning the title to or ownership of, or the interest existing in any ship, or any share in a ship; or (b) utters, produces, or makes use of any declaration or document containing any such false statement knowing the same to be false, shall, in respect of each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees. (2) If any person wilfully makes a false declaration touching the qualification of himself, or of any other person or of any corporation to own a Pakistani ship or any share therein, he shall, for each offence, be liable to a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and the ship or share shall be liable to forfeiture to the extent of the interest therein of the declarant unless it is proved that the declaration was made without authority of any person or corporation on whose behalf the declaration is made.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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