No. 4/2014 10 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS Cap. 9:25 Regulations The Minister may make regulations presctibing anything which under this Act needs to be prescribed or which in his or her opinion is necessary or convenient to be prescribed for caiTying out or giving effect to this Act. 11 New Part inserted after Part VI of Chapter VI of Cap 9:23 The Criminal Law Code is amended by the insertion in Chapter VI ("Property Crimes") of the following Part after Part VI ("Hijacking and Other Crimes Involving Aircraft'')"PART VII PIRACY OR INTERFERENCE WITH SAFE OPERATION OF VESSELS 154A Piracy or interfering with safe operation of vessel ( l) In tllis Part- "inland waters" means any dam, lake or river or pmt of a dam, lake or 1iver or any such water as may be declared to be such by the President under the Inland Waters Shipping Act [Chapter !3 :061; "master", in relation to a vessel,mcans the person having command or charge of the vessel; "vessel" includes every desc1iption of water craft, including a hovercraft, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. (2) Any person who, in relation to a vessel travelling at sea or in any inland waters (a) boards the vessel without the master's consent and with intent to deal with the vessel, or a person on the vessel, or the equipment of the vessel, in a way tlmt would be likely to endanger the safe operation of the vessel or the safety of the person concerned; or (b) having boarded or being upon a vessel with or without the tnaster's consent, engages in any act on the vessel which would constitute the crime of robbery; or (c) steals the vessel, or directly or indirectly takes control of the vessel without the master's consent; or (d) confines the vessel's master, or the pilot or any of the crew of the vessel, against the will of any person so confined; or (e) boards Ute vessel 1\~tltout the master's consent or knowledge; or (f) having boarded the vessel with the master's consent, inteiferes with the safe operation of the vessel without the master's consent; shall be guilty of(g) the crime of piracy in a case referred to paragraph (a), (b), (c), or (d), and be liable to be imprisoned for life or to any definite period of imprisonment of not less tbm1 ten years; or (h) the crime of interfeting with the safe operation of a vessel in a case referred to in paragraph (e) or (f), and be liable to a fine not exceeding level fourteen or imprisonment for a period not exceeding fifteen years. 48 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied.