s 35A Penalties as to employment of pilot other than authority pilot
(1) Any person who, not being an authority pilot or an employee licensed under subsection 29CA (1) of a licensed operator or a person authorized by the authority to pilot vessels pursuant to subsection 29CB(2), engages in any pilotage act or attempts to obtain employment as a pilot of a vessel entering or being within any pilotage district shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit. (2) Any master or owner of a ship entering or being within any pilotage district who knowingly employs as pilot any person who is not an authority pilot or an employee licensed under subsection 29CA (1) of a licensed operator or any person authorized by the authority to pilot vessels pursuant to subsection 29CB (2) shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit. (3) For the purposes of this section an authority pilot acting beyond the limits for which he is licensed or in contravention of any conditions imposed under section 29H , shall be deemed not to be an authority pilot. (4) Any person may, without subjecting himself or his employer to any penalty, act as the pilot of a vessel entering or leaving any pilotage district when such vessel is in distress or under circumstances making it necessary for the master to avail himself of the best assistance that can be found at the time.