Paragraph 5

In subsection (2) of section 48 of the M1Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (which among other things provides that if default is made in registering an alteration of a ship or in registering a ship anew as required by that section the owner shall be liable to a fine of up to £100 and a further fine of up to £5 for each day during which the offence continues after conviction) for the words “one hundred pounds” there shall be substituted the words “two hundred pounds” and for the words “five pounds” there shall be substituted the words “twenty pounds”.