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| (1) The Director may, if satisfied that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest or in the interest of shipping in general so to do, and shall, where so directed by the Minister, by order in writing give, to a ship which has been granted a licence under this Part, directions with respect to all or any of the following matters: -
| | (i) the ports or places, whether in or outside Ceylon, to which, and the routes by which, the ship shall proceed for any particular purpose; | | |
| | (ii) the diversion of the ship from one route to another for any particular purpose; | | |
| | (iii) the dates, if any, of arrival and departure of the ship at or from any port or place; | | |
| | (iv) the classes of passengers which may be carried in the ship; | | |
| | (v) the kind of cargo which may be carried in the ship and the quantity in which such cargo may be put on board by any shipper specified in the order; | | |
| | (vi) the order or priority in which passengers or cargo may be taken on or put off the ship at any port or place, whether in or outside Ceylon; and | | |
| | (vii) the person or persons to whom passages may he-given. | | |
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| (2) Any person who fails to comply with any direction given under sub-section (1) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year, or to a fine not exceeding three thousand rupees, or to both such imprisonment and fine. |
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