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| (1) The Director may, by notice served personally or by post, require the master or owner of any ship in respect of which a licence granted under this Part is in force, to furnish within the period specified in the notice, information regarding all or any of the following matters: -
| | (i) the classes of passengers and cargo which the ship is about to carry or is capable of carrying or has carried during any period specified in that behalf in the notice; | | |
| | (ii) the rates of passenger fares and freight charges applicable to the ship; and | | |
| | (iii) any other matter relating to the aforesaid matters which may be specified by rules made by the Minister.
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| (2) If any person on whom a notice has been served under sub-section (1) fails to furnish the information required within the specified time or in furnishing such information, makes any statement which he knows to be false in any material particular, he 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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