Merchant Shipping Act 1894

Penalty for overcharges by lodging-house keepers.

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215.—If a person demands or receives from a seaman or apprentice to the sea service payment in respect of his board or lodging in the house of that person for a longer period than the seaman or apprentice has actually resided or boarded therein, that person shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

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A fine of £10 translates into a Class D fine, not exceeding €1,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 7, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.