Cap. 352 Art. 32Offencesinrespect of lighthouses, buoys, etc.

Any person who, wilfully or negligently -

(a) removes or alters any lighthouse, buoy, beacon or other light placed by the Authority, or

(b) rides by, or makes fast to, or runs foul of any lighthouse, buoy, beacon or other light as aforesaid, manner as to be liable to be mistaken for a light proceeding from a lighthouse, buoy or beacon, or other light placed by the Authority, the Authority may serve a notice on the owner or occupier of the place where the light is exhibited or on the person having charge of the light, directing the owner, occupier or other person, to take, within a reasonable time to be specified in the notice, effectual means for extinguishing or effectually screening the light and for preventing the same or similar light being exhibited thereafter.

(2) Such notice may also be served by affixing the same in some conspicuous spot near the light to which the notice relates.

(3) Any owner, occupier or other person on whom a notice is served under this article who fails without reasonable cause to comply with the directives contained in the notice, shall be guilty of an offence and be liable, on conviction, to a fine (multa) not exceeding two thousand and five hundred euro (€2,500) and to a further fine (multa) not exceeding two hundred and fifty euro (€250) for every day during which the offence continues.