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(1) An authorized officer, either alone or with another person, may go on board any ship in Ghana whenever the officer

(a) suspects that an offence under this Act has been or is about to be committed on the ship; or

(b) considers it necessary to do so in the discharge of any duty imposed on the officer by this Act or any other enactment.

(2) Where a ship is registered in Ghana the powers conferred by this section on an authorized officer may also be exercised outside Ghana by a proper officer, in addition to an authorized officer.

(3) A master of a ship who without reasonable excuse refuses to allow any officer to board the ship in the exercise of the powers conferred on the officer by subsection (1) or (2), commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 250 penalty units or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 12 months or both.