Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not:
(a) destroy or mutilate a vessel's official logbook or an entry in such a logbook; or
(b) render such an entry illegible; or
(c) make or sign an entry in a vessel's official logbook, knowing that the entry is false or fraudulent; or
(d) omit to make an entry in a vessel's official logbook, knowing that the omission will result in the logbook being false or fraudulent.
Fault - based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.