Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 184

184. If a person secretes himself and goes to sea in a ship, or attempts to secrete himself in a ship to go to sea, without the consent of either the owner, the bareboat charterer or master o f the ship, or of a mate or other person in charge of the ship, or of any other person entitled to give tha t consent, such person (in thi s Act referred to as a "stowaway") shall be liable to a fine ( multa) not exceeding twenty units or, in the discretion of the court, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding four weeks, and in the 96 CAP. 234.] MERCHANT SHIPPING case of a second or subsequent conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months. Discipline of stowaways and persons carried under compulsion.