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Where a seafarer on or before being engaged, wilfully and fraudulently makes a false statement of the name of the seafarer's last ship or alleged last ship, or wilfully makes a false or fraudulent statement of the seafarer's own name, the seafarer commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months or to both the fine and the imprisonment.