Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Where it is provided by this Act that a ship may be detained, the ship may be detained by an officer as defined in section 70.
(2) Where a ship detained under this Act goes to sea before it is released from detention by a competent authority, the owner and master of the ship each commit an offence.
(2A) An offence under subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(3) A Collector of Customs shall not grant a Certificate of Clearance in respect of a ship that is detained under this Act.