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Penalties as to employment of unqualified pilot.
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598.—(1) If an unqualified pilot, whether within a district in which pilotage is compulsory or outside such a district, assumes or continues in the charge of a ship after a qualified pilot has offered to take charge of the ship he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
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(2) If a master of a ship whether navigating within a district in which pilotage is compulsory or outside such a district, knowingly employs or continues to employ an unqualified pilot after a qualified pilot has offered to take charge of the ship or has made a signal for that purpose, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine of double the amount of pilotage which could be demanded for the conduct of the ship.
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