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MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT 1894 - SECT 680

680.(1) Subject to any special provisions of this Act

(a)an offence under this Act declared to be a misdemeanour, shall be
punishable by fine [and by imprisonment] not exceeding two years, ...., but
may, instead of being prosecuted as a misdemeanour, be prosecuted summarily in
manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, and if so prosecuted shall
be punishable only with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, ....
[and with a fine not exceeding one thousand pounds];

(b)an offence under this Act made punishable with imprisonment for any term
not exceeding six months, .... or by a fine not exceeding [one thousand
pounds], shall be prosecuted summarily in manner provided by the Summary
Jurisdiction Acts.

(2) Any offence committed or fine recoverable under a byelaw made in pursuance
of this Act may be prosecuted or recovered in the same manner as an offence or
fine under this Act.

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