Penalty for overloading

(1) If any vessel is loaded so as to be submerged below the load draught stated in the sea-worthiness certificate, the vessel shall be deemed an unfit vessel within the meaning of section 25 and the vessel shall not proceed on a voyage for risk of possible exposure to danger to human life. (2) Any master proceeding or about to proceed on a voyage with a vessel submerged below the draught level stated in the sea-worthiness certificate in violation of sub-section (1), commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars.