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If any person-- (a) proceeds on any voyage in an inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessel] as the master or engineer of such vessel without being at the time entitled to, and possessed of, a masters or serangs or an engineers or engine-drivers certificate 3 [or a master's or engine-driver's licence] as the case may be, as required under this Act, or (b) employs as the master or engineer of an inland 1 [mechanically propelled vessel] any person without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to, and possessed of, such certificate 2 [or licence], he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.