Section 128
of Merchant Shipping Order, 2002
Section 128
(1)
Wherever any fire or light is burnt or exhibited at such place or in such manner as to be liable to be mistaken for a light proceeding from a lighthouse or in such a manner as to affect the visibility of the light proceeding from a lighthouse, the Director may serve a notice upon the owner of the place where the fire or light is burnt or exhibited, or on the person having the charge of the fire or light, directing that owner or person, within a reasonable time to be specified in the notice, to take effectual means of extinguishing or effectually screening the fire or light and for preventing for the future of any similar fire or light.
(2)
Any owner or person, on whom a notice is served under this section, t who fails, without reasonable cause, to comply with the directions contained in the notice, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
(3)
If the owner or person on whom a notice under this section is served neglects for a period of 2 days to extinguish or effectually screen the fire or light mentioned in the notice, the Director may, by his officers or employees, enter upon the place where the fire or light is, and forthwith extinguish the same, doing no unnecessary damage, and the expenses incurred by him in so doing shall be paid to him by the owner or person on whom the notice has been served.
Navigational warning or information.