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Penalties.
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4.—(1) If any young person is employed in any ship in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the master of the ship shall be liable to a fine not exceeding forty shillings, or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, not exceeding five pounds. and where a young person is taken into employment in any ship in contravention of the provisions of this Act on the production by, or with the privity of, the parent of a false or forged certificate or on a false representation by the parent that the young person is of an age at which such employment is not in contravention of the said provisions, that parent shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.
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(2) If the master of a ship fails to keep such a register as is required to be kept by him under this Act, or, on being so required by an officer of the Minister for Industry and Commerce or any other person having power to enforce compliance with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts, 1894 to 1932, refuses or neglects to produce for inspection by that officer or person any such register as aforesaid or any certificate delivered to him under this Act, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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