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Obligation of master to furnish information to a pilot.
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75.—(1) A pilot may request the master of a ship which the pilot is piloting to declare to him or her its draught of water, air draught, length and beam, and to provide him or her with such other information relating to the ship as the pilot specifies and is reasonably necessary to enable the pilot to carry out his or her duties as the pilot of the ship.
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(2) The master of a ship shall bring to the notice of any person who pilots the ship any defects in, and any matter peculiar to, the ship and its machinery and equipment of which the master knows and which might materially affect the navigation of the ship.
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(3) A master of a ship who—
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(a) refuses or fails to comply with a request made under subsection (1), or
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(b) makes a statement which is false in a material particular in purported compliance with such a request, knowing it to be so false or being reckless as to whether it is so false, or
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(c) without reasonable cause contravenes subsection (2),
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shall be guilty of an offence.
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