58A
CurrentCompensation in respect of false distress signals
Part 3Marine powers and duties
58A Compensation in respect of false distress signals
The master of a vessel who uses or displays, or causes or permits any person to use or display, any of the signals of distress, except where the vessel is in distress, is liable to pay compensation and costs incidental thereto, recoverable in any court of competent jurisdiction, for any labour undertaken, risk incurred, or loss sustained in consequence of the signal having been regarded as a genuine signal of distress.
[Section 58A inserted: No. 35 of 1990 s. 11; amended: No 24 of 2023 s. 45.]
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