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Power to stop, board and inspect craft, etc.
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11.—(1) An authorised person or a member of the Garda Síochána for the purpose of enforcing this Part may stop, board and inspect a craft in, on or adjacent to Irish waters.
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(2) An authorised person or a member of the Garda Síochána may request of a person stopped under subsection (1) or whom the authorised person or member suspects is committing or has committed an offence under this Part to give his or her name and address.
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(3) A person who—
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(a) without reasonable excuse, fails to stop a craft when required under subsection (1) or allow its inspection, or
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(b) refuses to give his or her name or address when requested under subsection (2) or gives a name or address which is false or misleading,
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is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding—
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(i) €1,000, in the case of a first offence, and
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(ii) €2,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or both, in the case of a second or subsequent offence.
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