Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 234), article 233

233. (1) The owner or master of any ship to which article 207 applies shall not receive or have on board thereof, or in any part thereof, any number of passengers which, having regard to the time, occasion and circumstances of the case, is greater than the number allowed by the passenger ship certificate in respect of that ship; and if he does so he shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding four hundred units. (2) The owner or master of any passenger ship to which article 207 applies shall not carry passengers on more than one deck below the water line; and if he does so he shall for each offence be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding five hundred units. Removing of persons in case of danger.