Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 253

             (1)  A person shall not send by or carry in any ship any dangerous goods under a false description.

Penalty:  $10,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.

             (2)  Where any dangerous goods are on board a ship, or are to be placed on board a ship, a person shall not falsely describe the sender of the goods on any package containing the goods or in any document relating to the shipping of the goods.

Penalty:  $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.