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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.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>If any person--<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (a) proceeds on any voyage in an inland <sup>1</sup>[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 <sup>3</sup>[or a master's or engine-driver's licence] as the case may be, as required under this Act, or<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> (b) employs as the master or engineer of an inland <sup>1</sup>[mechanically propelled vessel] any person without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to, and possessed of, such certificate <sup>2</sup>[or licence],<br> he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.<br><br>