(1) The owner or master of an international load line ship or a Ghanaian load line ship who fails without reasonable cause to keep the ship marked in accordance with this Part commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding the cedi equivalent of US$1 million or a term of imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or to both.

(2) Any person who conceals, removes, alters, defaces or obliterates or permits any person under his or her control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obliterate any mark placed on a ship in accordance with this Part, except with the authority of a person entitled under the Load Line Regulations to authorize the alteration of the mark commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 1000 penalty units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.