Section 13

of Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Order, 2005

ORDERIn forceProvision 13 of 34

Section 13

(2)

Any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements imposed by section 11 or 12 or any regulation made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(3)

Any person who makes an entry in any oil record book or cargo record book carried or any record kept under section 11 or 12 which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or both.

(4)

In any proceedings under this Order -

(a)

any oil record book or cargo record book carried or any record kept in pursuance of any regulation made under section 11 or 12 shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in it;

(b)

any copy of an entry in such oil record book or cargo record book or record which is certified by the master of the ship in which the book is carried or by the person by whom the record is required to be kept to be a true copy of the entry shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the entry; and

(c)

any document purporting to be an oil record book or cargo record book carried or a record kept under section 11 or 12, or purporting to be such a certified copy as is mentioned in paragraph (b) shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be such a book, record or copy, as the case may be.

Duty to report discharges of harmful substances from ships.

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