TONGA
SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 
Act 6 of 2022
Arrangement of Sections 
Section 
1 Short Title and Interpretation 
2 Section 122 amended 

SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SHIPPING ACT [CAP 22.09]
I assent, 
TUPOU VI, 
26th January 2023. 
BE IT ENACTED by the King and Legislative Assembly of Tonga in the Legislature of the Kingdom as follows: 
1	Short Title and Interpretation  
(1) This Act may be cited as the Shipping (Amendment) Act 2022. 
(2) In this Act, the Shipping Act [Cap 22.09], as amended, shall be referred to as the “Principal Act”.  
2	Section 122 amended  
Section 122 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and replacing it with the following -  
	“(2) Where a ship proceeds to sea in contravention of subsection (1) the owner of the ship and its master commit an offence and are liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000, or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 5 years, or both, and in either case the ship is subject to forfeiture to the Crown.”.   
Passed by the Legislative Assembly on 26th day of October 2022.