# Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Paragraph 13

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In section 76(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1906 (under which the master of a ship carrying passengers who fails to make a return of particulars of the passengers as required by that section or makes a false return and a passenger who refuses to give information required for such a return or gives false information is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £50 in some cases and £20 in others) for the words from “not exceeding” onwards there shall be substituted the words “not exceeding fifty pounds in the case of a failure or refusal and two hundred pounds in the case of a false return or false information”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/paragraph-13
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