Section 154Part 6 — PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS AND SAFETY OF NAVIGATION
Fire or lights detrimental to navigation
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154. (1) No person shall show a light, including light from a fire, in such a place or manner as to mislead ships navigating in the coastal areas of the Islands.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars.
The Chief Executive Officer may cause to be extinguished any fire or light in respect of which notice is given under this section where the person to whom the notice has been given fails to comply within the time specified in the notice.
For the purpose of extinguishing false or unauthorised lights, an officer authorised by the Port Authority or by the Chief Executive Officer may enter the place where the light is situated and forthwith extinguish the same without causing unnecessary damage.