Offences relating to content of official logbook
310 Offences relating to content of official logbook
A person must not:
destroy or mutilate a vessel’s official logbook or an entry in such a logbook; or
render such an entry illegible; or
make or sign an entry in a vessel’s official logbook, knowing that the entry is false or fraudulent; or
omit to make an entry in a vessel’s official logbook, knowing that the omission will result in the logbook being false or fraudulent.
Fault‑based offence
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty
A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.
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