Wednesday, June 06, 2007

What shall we do with a drunken sailor?

Section 238 of the Canada Shipping Act. Bold is mine.

Canada Shipping Act
PART III: SEAMEN
Protection of Seamen from Imposition
Punishment when drunk, etc.
238. Every person is guilty of an offence and, without prejudice to the right of recovery from him of any amount payable by him as fare, liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars, who

(a) being drunk or disorderly, has been on that account refused admission to board a steamship by the owner or any person in his employment, and persists in attempting to board the steamship;

(b) being drunk or disorderly on board a steamship, is requested by the owner or any person in his employment to leave the steamship at any place in Canada that is a reasonably convenient place to leave the steamship, and does not comply with that request;

(c) after warning by the master or other officer of the steamship, molests or continues to molest any passenger;

(d) after having been refused admission to board a steamship by the owner or any person in his employment on account of the steamship being full, and having had the amount of his fare, if he has paid it, returned or tendered to him, persists in attempting to board the steamship; or

(e) without reasonable excuse, proof whereof lies on him, fails, when requested by the master or other officer of a steamship, either to pay his fare or exhibit a ticket or other receipt, if any, showing the payment of his fare, as is usually given to persons travelling by and paying their fare on steamships.

R.S., c. S-9, s. 238.

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