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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 On the 8th June 19}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid919236 78 at Tailevu Magistrates Court}{
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 The Crown has appealed against sentence as being manifestly lenient having regard to the nature and circumstances of the offence.
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 I }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2716564 may say that the trial}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 
 Magistrate is the first to concede that the sentence he imposed is inappropriate, arising from a mathematical miscalculation on his part which he }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2716564\charrsid6244164 has very}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164  properly drawn to the attention of this Court.
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 Section 48 of the Marine Board Ordinance provides as a penalty for carrying excess passengers on a}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12597233  }{
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not exceeding $40 for each excess passenger or, if the fare of any passenger exceeds $40, double the amount of the fares of all excess passengers calculated at the highest rate of fare payable by any passenger on board, or to imprisonment for any period 
not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6244164\charrsid6244164  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 It follows that when a }{
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ine is imposed, the trial Magistrate should indicate both the basic amount, and the additional amount that he is imposing in respect of each excess passenger, which was not done in this case.
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 
The respondent is the master of a vessel which is licensed to carry 56 passengers by day, but on the 27th January 1978 at Natovi Landing, Tailevu the vessel was found to be carrying 94 passengers, being 38 in excess of the authori
sed number. As each passenger paid a fare of $14, the lives of all those on the vessel were put at risk for the sake of an illicit profit of $532.
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\par }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 This is a serious and prevalent offence and those who}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2716564  commit i}{
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\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12597233  }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid14811321\charrsid6244164 No. 9 of 1975), where a master}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid2716564  }{
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 (Review No. 1 of 1978), in which the offence committed and the facts were similar to those now before me, the master}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576641  was fined $40 a}{
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\par However a fine of $15 for each excess passenger in the present case would be inadequate, for as the excess passenger}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3634683 s}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9576641 
 each paid a fare of $14 it would amount to little more than the respondent refunding the illicit fares.
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 the respondent is fined $50 and in addition $25 for each excess passenger, making a total sum of $1,000. I}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5776439 n default of payment six months}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3634683 '
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