No. 15. Customs (Amn ii mit). 1973.


 Police after failing to bring to when
 properly hailed to bring to by that
 vessel,
 (2i) eWhie an offence in contravention of the
 Customs Laws is eonlnitled onl a ship of or exceed-
 ing wo() h'uidred and fifty tons burden and, in the
 opinion of the Compliroller, a responsible officer
 of the ship is implicated either by his own act
 or neglect in that offence, the Comptroller may
 fine that ship such sum not eieeeding one
 thousand dollars.
 (3) For 1he purpose of imposing such fine,
 the Comptroller may requiire such sum not exceed-
 ing one thousand dollars, to be deposited with
 him to await his final decision, and in default of
 payment of such deposit thie Comptroller shall
 have power to withhold clearance and to detain
 the said ship.
 (4) For the purpose of this section:-
 (a) the expression "responsible officer"
 means the maIster, a mate or an en-
 gineer of any ship and, in the case
 of a ship carrying a passenger certi-
 ficate, the purser or chief steward
 and, in tblo case of a ship manned
 wholly or partly by Asiatic seamen,
 1 he serang or other leading Asiatic
 officer of the ship;
 (b) witliout prejudice to any other
 grounds upon which a responsible
 officer may be held to be implicated
 by neglect, lie may be so held if
 ,goods not owned by any member of
 Ihe crew are discovered in a place
 mnd('r th it officer's supervision in
 which II: could not reasonably
 have beh-) put if he had exercised
 prop-', c(ire at the time of the load-
 ing of the ship or subsequently.
 (5) No claim shall lie against the Comptroller
 for damages ini respect of payment of any deposit
 or Ihe detenlIon of any ship under this section.

 Protection 89. (1) Where, in any proceedings for the
 of officers condeminaion of- any 1hing seized as liable to
 in relation forfeiture '1Ider the customs laws, judgment is
 to .-izuro
 an detention giv-'n for lthe claimant, the court may, if it sees
 of goods. fit, c(erlify that there were reasonable grounds for
 the b 'e.