27 Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports

27  Offences by persons connected with ships or aircraft or with ports

[(1)]     A person shall be guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction with a fine of not more than [[level 5] on the standard scale] or with imprisonment for not more than six months, or with both, in any of the following cases—

(a)     if, being the captain of a ship or aircraft,—

(i)     he knowingly permits a person to disembark in the United Kingdom when required under Schedule 2 or 3 to this Act to prevent it, or fails without reasonable excuse to take any steps he is required by or under Schedule 2 to take in connection with the disembarkation or examination of passengers or for furnishing a passenger list or particulars of members of the crew; or

(ii)     he fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any directions given him under Schedule 2 or 3 [or

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