Merchant Shipping Act 1894
Penalty for preventing complaint or obstructing investigation.
485.—If any person wilfully and without due cause prevents or obstructs the making of any complaint to an officer empowered to summon a naval court, or the conduct of any hearing or investigation by any naval court, he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds, or be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding twelve weeks.
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A fine of £50 translates into a Class B fine, not exceeding €4,000, as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3 and 5, table ref. no. 8, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.