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The penalties to which masters and owners of [special trade passenger] and pilgrim ships are made liable by Section 436 shall be enforced only on information laid at the instance of the certifying officer, or, at any port or place where there is no such officer at the instance of such other officer as the Central Government may specify in this behalf. Substituted by Act 69 of 1976, Section 2, for "unberthed passenger" (w.e.f. 01/12/1976).