MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 67 False declarations.

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 67

False declarations.

67.(1) If any person in the case of any declaration made in the presence of or
produced to a registrar under this Part of this Act, or in any document or
other evidence produced to such registrar

(i)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

(ii)utters, produces, or makes use of any declaration, or document containing
any such false statement knowing the same to be false,

(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
British ship or any share therein, he shall for each offence be guilty of a
misdemeanour, and that ship or share shall be subject to forfeiture under
this Act, to the extent of the interest therein of the declarant, and also,
unless it is proved that the declaration was made without authority, of any
person or corporation on behalf of whom the declaration is made.

National character of ship to be declared before clearance.

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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 67