Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 231

231. If any person - (a) knowingly and wilfully makes, or assists in making, a false or fraudulent declarat ion of survey or certificate i s s u e d o r i s s u a b l e u n d e r t h e f o r e g o i n g p r o v i s i o n s o f this Part of this Act; or (b) forges or assists in forging, or procures to be forged, fraudulently alters, assists in fraudulently altering, or procures to be fraudulently altered, any such declaration or certificate, o r anything contained in, or any signature to, any such d eclaration or certificate, that person shall for each offen ce be liable to imprisonment fo r a period not exceeding two years or to a fine ( multa) not exceeding five hundred units, or to both such imprisonment and fine. Enforcement of rules Prohibition of proceeding to sea without appropriate certificates. Amended by:  XIII. 1983.5; XXII. 2000.2.