Section 203: Misconduct endangering life or ship.––If a master, officer, seaman or apprentice
The Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001 · Civil Laws · Legal status not independently verified
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203. Misconduct endangering life or ship.––If a master, officer, seaman or apprentice belonging to a Pakistani ship, by wilful breach of duty or by neglect of duty or by reason of drunkenness or under influence of drug— (a) does any act tending to the immediate loss or destruction of, or serious damage to, the ship or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of a person belonging to, or on board, the ship; or (b) refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving the ship from immediate loss or destruction of; or serious damage to, or for preserving any person belonging to, or on board, the ship from immediate danger to life or limb, he shall, for every such offence, be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with both.
Effective date: 2001-01-01
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