SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Alteration of Penalties

PART VIIOther Penalties

The M1Merchant Shipping Act 1894

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In section 702 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (which provides for prosecution on indictment in Scotland)—

(a)

after the words " High Court of Justiciary ", there shall be inserted the words " or the sheriff court "; and

(b)

after the word "punishable" there shall be inserted the words " , subject to any maximum penalty prescribed in respect of any particular offence in this Act, ".