Section 290: Penalty for ship unlawfully departing or receiving passengers on board

290. Penalty for ship unlawfully departing or receiving passengers on board.—(1) If a special trade passenger ship departs or proceeds on a voyage from, or discharges special trade passengers at any port or place within Pakistan in contravention of the provisions of this Chapter, or if a person is received as a special trade passenger on board any such ship in contravention of any such provision, the master or owner shall, for every special trade passenger carried in the ship, or for every special trade passenger so discharged or received on board, be liable to a fine which may extent to ten thousand rupees. (2) The Customs-Collector, if he has reasonable grounds to believe that the master or owner of a ship has contravened the provision of sub-section (1), may seize and detain the ship, whenever found in any port or place within Pakistan, until such contravention has been adjudicated and the payment of the fines, if any, imposed on the master or owner with all costs has been enforced.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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