Section 48

Subject to any exemption under section 212, if a ship goes to sea or attempts to go to sea without carrying such number of offlcers, doctors and other seamen as it is required to carry under section 47, the owner or the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fme not exceeding $10,000 and the ship may be detained.

Unqualified persons going to sea as qualified officers.