Section 187: Penalty on master for filthy condition of passenger carrying ship

(1)
Where any passenger carrying ship is found on arrival in Nigeria to be in a filthy and insanitary condition, the master of the ship shall be deemed to have committed an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine not less than one hundred thousand Naira.
(2)
The Port Health Officer may inspect a passenger carrying ship on arrival in order to ascertain the sanitary condition of the ship and the officer shall, for that purpose, have all the powers of an inspector under this Act.