§ 405.19. Allowing pilots to be taken off.
(a) It shall be the duty of every master or commander of a ship or vessel outward-bound from the port to remain 24 hours after his arrival at the capes to give to the pilot on board the ship or vessel an opportunity to be taken out.
(b) If the master or commander of the ship or vessel refuses to give the opportunity specified in subsection (a) and if the same can be done without endangering the vessel, the master, owner or consignee of the ship or vessel shall forfeit and pay to the pilot, his executors or administrators any sum not exceeding $800, to be recovered in any court of record in which the same may be sued for, by action of debt or otherwise.
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