118 Unauthorised liquor
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

118  Unauthorised liquor

(1)     A person who, in the United Kingdom or elsewhere—

(a)     takes any unauthorised liquor on board a United Kingdom fishing vessel;

(b)     has any unauthorised liquor in his possession on board such a vessel;

(c)     permits another person to take on board such a vessel, or to have in his possession on board such a vessel, any unauthorised liquor; or

(d)     intentionally obstructs another person in the exercise of powers conferred on the other person by subsection (5) below,

shall, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, be guilty of an offence.

(2)     A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable—

(a)     on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;

(b)     on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a

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