Marginal note:Proceeding without a pilot

47. Except where an Authority waives compulsory pilotage, the owner, master or person in charge of a ship subject to compulsory pilotage that proceeds through a compulsory pilotage area not under the conduct of a licensed pilot or the holder of a pilotage certificate is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.

Marginal note:Contravention of Act or regulations

48. Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with

• (a) any provision of this Part, other than section 15.3,

• (b) any regulation made by the Governor in Council, or

• (c) any regulation of an Authority,

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.

Marginal note:Contravention

48.1 A person who contravenes section 15.3 is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than $10,000 for each day on which the offence is committed or continued.

Marginal note:To whom fines paid

49. All fines collected pursuant to this Part, other than section 48.1, shall be paid to the Authority concerned.

Marginal note:Limitation period

50. Any proceedings may be instituted at any time within, but not later than,

• (a) two years, in respect of an offence under section 47, or

• (b) six months, in respect of any other offence under this Part,

after the time when the subject-matter of the proceedings arose.

Marginal note:Venue

51. Where any person is charged with an offence under this Part, any court in Canada that would have had cognizance of the offence if it had been committed by a person within the limits of its ordinary jurisdiction has jurisdiction to try the offence as if it had been so committed.