119. Prohibition against going to sea undermanned
Subject to section 112, where a Saint Lucian ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea from any port or a foreign ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea from any port in Saint Lucia without carrying such officers and other seamen as it is required to carry under this Act or the laws of the flag State as the case may be, that ship may—
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(a) in either case be detained; and
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(b) in the case of a Saint Lucian ship, the owner or master commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.