Exclusion of person from ship
188 Exclusion of person from ship
In this section—
master includes a person authorised by the master.
A ship’s master may refuse to allow a person to board a ship if the master is of the opinion, on reasonable grounds, that the person may annoy or injure other persons on the ship because of the person’s intoxicated condition or disorderly or violent behaviour.
A ship’s master may refuse to allow a person to board a ship for another reasonable reason (including, for example, that the ship was full).
A ship’s master may ask a person to leave the ship at a convenient port if the master is of the opinion, on reasonable grounds, that the person is likely to annoy or injure, or further annoy or injure, persons on the ship because of the person’s intoxicated condition or disorderly or violent behaviour.
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