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Penalty on pilot endangering ship, life, or limb.
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607. If any pilot, when in charge of a ship, by wilful breach of duty or by neglect of duty, or by reason of drunkenness, either—
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(a) does any act tending to the immediate loss, destruction, or serious damage, of the ship, or tending immediately to endanger the life or limb of any person on board the ship; or
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(b) refuses or omits to do any lawful act proper and requisite to be done by him for preserving the ship from loss, destruction, or serious damage, or for preserving any person belonging to or on board the ship from danger to life or limb,
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that pilot shall in respect of each offence be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if a qualified pilot, shall also be liable to suspension or dismissal by the pilotage authority by whom he is licensed.
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