Engaging in proscribed activities prohibited

(1) No foreign vessel, shall, while in the territorial sea, without the permission of a competent authority given to the master of the vessel, engage in any proscribed activity. (2) Where a foreign vessel, in contravention of sub-section (1), engages in any proscribed activity, the master of the vessel and any other person on board the vessel participating in that activity commit an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and on conviction on indictment to a fine of fifty thousand dollars. (3) No prosecution for an offence against this section shall be brought against a person who is entitled to State or other immunity recognised by law.