(1) If the master or owner of a Saint Lucian ship does anything or permits anything to be done, or carries or permits to be carried any papers or documents, with intent to conceal the Saint Lucian character of the ship from any person entitled by the law of Saint Lucia to inquire into the same, or with intent to assume a foreign character, or with intent to deceive any person so entitled as aforesaid, the ship shall be subject to forfeiture under this Act.
(2) Where the master of a Saint Lucian ship commits or is privy to the commission of the offence referred to in subsection (1) he or she is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.