[1 February 1991]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 2020 Ed. Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation PART 1 PRELIMINARY PART 2 PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM LAND AND APPARATUS 3. Prohibition of discharge of oil or oily mixtures from land or apparatus 4. Special defences to section 3 5. Person throwing pollutants into Singapore waters 5A. Prohibition of discharge of sediments from land or apparatus PART 3 PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS 6. Prohibition of discharge of refuse, garbage, wastes, effluents, plastics and dangerous pollutants from ships 7. Prohibition of discharge of oil and oily mixtures from ships 8. Oil residues 9. Notification of proposal to carry noxious liquid substances 10. Prohibition of discharge of noxious liquid substances from ships 10A. Prohibition of discharge of ballast water and sediments from ships 10B. Special defences to section 10A Section PART 4 PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION OF THE SEA 11. Reception facilities 12. Regulations requiring the keeping of oil record books 13. Regulations requiring the keeping of cargo record books 13A. Regulations requiring keeping of ballast water record books 14. Failure to carry record books and evidence 15. Duty to report discharges of harmful substances from ships 16. Duty to report discharge of oil, etc., from land or apparatus PART 5 RECOVERY OF COSTS 17. Recovery of costs for removing refuse, garbage, wastes, plastics, effluents and dangerous pollutants discharged from ships 18. Recovery of costs for removing oil, oily mixture and substances discharged from ships 19. Recovery of costs for removing oil, oily mixture and substances discharged from land or apparatus 20. Recovery of costs from person responsible for pollution 21. Costs recoverable as a debt due to appointed authority PART 6 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 22. Powers of inspectors 23. Power to deny entry and to detain ship 24. Detained ship proceeding to sea 25. Sale of ship 26. Exemptions 27. Power to enter on lands 28. Powers of arrest 29. Delegation of powers 30. Protection from personal liability 31. Evidence of analyst 32. Court for trial of offences 33. Composition of offences 33A. Fines, etc., to be paid to Authority 34. Regulations Section 35. Application to Government An Act to give effect to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified and added to by the Protocol of 1978, the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships ’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, and to other international agreements relating to the protection of the marine environment and to the prevention, reduction and control of pollution of the sea and pollution from ships; to make provisions generally for the protection of the marine environment and for the prevention, reduction and control of pollution of the sea and pollution from ships, and for matters related thereto. [26/2017]
Short title
Interpretation
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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “ appointed authority ” means the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore established under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 and any person appointed by the Minister for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; “ Authority ” means the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore established under the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996; “ ballast tank ” means any tank, hold or space used for the carriage of ballast water; “ ballast water ” means water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control trim, list, draught, stability or stresses of the ship; “ ballast water management ” means mechanical, physical, chemical, and biological processes, either singularly or in combination, to remove, render harmless, or avoid the uptake or discharge of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens within ballast water and sediments; “ Ballast Water Management Convention ” means the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships ’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004; “ ballast water management system ” — (a) means any system which processes ballast water such that it meets or exceeds the ballast water performance standard in the Ballast Water Management Convention; and (b) includes ballast water treatment equipment, all associated control equipment, piping arrangements specified by the manufacturer of the ballast water management system as forming part of the ballast water management system, control and monitoring equipment and sampling facilities; but (c) does not include any of the ship ’ s ballast water fittings, such as piping, valves and pumps, that would be required to be fitted even if the ballast water management system was not fitted; “ Convention ” means the Convention of 1973 as modified and added to by the Protocol of 1978; “ Convention of 1973 ” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2 November 1973; “ Director ” means the Director of Marine appointed under section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and includes the Deputy Director of Marine appointed under that section; “ discharge ” , in relation to harmful substances or effluents containing such substances, means any release howsoever caused from a ship, place or thing and includes any escape, disposal, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying but does not include — (a) release of harmful substances directly arising from the exploration, exploitation and associated off-shore processing of seabed mineral resources; or (b) release of harmful substances for purposes of legitimate scientific research into pollution abatement or control; “ garbage ” means all kinds of victual, domestic and operational waste excluding fresh fish and parts thereof, generated during the normal operation of the ship and liable to be disposed of continuously or periodically except sewage originating from ships; “ harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens ” means aquatic organisms or pathogens which, if introduced into the sea including estuaries, or into fresh water courses, may create hazards to the environment, human health, property or resources, impair biological diversity or interfere with other legitimate uses of such areas; “ harmful substance ” means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, and includes any substance subject to control under this Act; “ inspector ” means a person who — (a) is a surveyor of ships; or (b) is appointed in writing by the Director to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; “ in packaged form ” means in an individual package or receptacle including a freight container or a portable tank or tank container or tank vehicle or shipborne barge or other cargo unit containing harmful substances for shipment; “ marine pollutant ” means a substance which is identified as a marine pollutant in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code published by the International Maritime Organisation, as amended from time to time; “ MARPOL ” refers to the Convention; “ MARPOL surveyor ” means a surveyor appointed or registered by the Director or by or on behalf of the government of a state party to the Convention; “ master ” includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship; “ noxious liquid substance ” means any substance which is prescribed by regulations as being a noxious liquid substance and which is subject to the provisions of Annex II of the Convention; “ occupier ” , in relation to any place on land if it has no actual occupier, means the owner thereof and, in relation to a railway wagon or road vehicle, means the person in charge of the wagon or vehicle and not the occupier of the land on which the wagon or vehicle stands; “ oil ” means petroleum in any form including crude oil, fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse and refined products (other than petrochemicals which are prescribed by regulations as being subject to the provisions of Annex II of the Convention) and, without limiting the foregoing, includes the substances prescribed by regulations as being listed in Appendix I of Annex I of the Convention; “ oily mixture ” means a mixture with an oil content of 15 parts or more in 1 million parts of the mixture; “ oil residues ” means any waste material consisting of, or arising from, oil or oily mixture; “ oil terminal ” means any place having permanent means of loading or discharging oil, whether in bulk or package, into or from any ship; “ owner ” , in relation to a ship, means the person registered as the owner of the ship or, in the absence of registration, the person owning the ship or the bareboat charterer of the ship; and, in the case of a ship owned by a state and operated by a company which in that state is registered as the ship ’ s operator, “ owner ” includes that state; “ place on land ” includes anything resting on the bed or shore of the sea, or of Singapore waters, and also includes anything afloat (other than a ship) if it is anchored or attached to the bed or shore of the sea or of Singapore waters; “ plastics ” includes, but is not limited to, synthetic ropes, synthetic fishing nets and plastic garbage bags; “ port ” has the meaning given by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996; “ Port Master ” means the Port Master appointed under section 15 of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 and includes any Deputy Port Master appointed under that section; “ Protocol of 1978 ” means the Protocol relating to the Convention of 1973 which constitutes attachment 2 to the final act of the International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention signed in London on 17 February 1978; “ reception facilities ” means facilities which enable ships to — (a) discharge or deposit residues and mixtures, which residues and mixtures contain oil or noxious liquid substances; or (b) discharge sediments; “ sediments ” means matter settled out of ballast water within a ship; “ ship ” means a vessel of any type operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and fixed or floating platforms; “ Singapore ship ” means a ship registered under Part 2 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; “ Singapore waters ” means the following waters: (a) the whole of the sea within the seaward limits of the territorial waters of Singapore; (b) all other waters (including inland waters) which are within these limits and are subject to the ebb and flow of the ordinary tides; “ surveyor of ships ” means a surveyor of ships appointed under section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; “ tank ” means an enclosed space which is formed by the permanent structure of a ship and which is designed for the carriage of liquid in bulk; “ terminal ” means any terminal (including an oil terminal), jetty, pier or monobuoy and a yard or dry dock (including the precincts of the terminal) in which — (a) vessels are constructed, reconstructed, repaired, refitted, finished or broken up; or (b) ballast tanks of vessels are cleaned or repaired; “ terminal operator ” means a person or body of persons having the management of a terminal in Singapore; “ trade effluent ” means the solid or liquid waste of any trade, business or manufacture. 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For the purpose of any provision of this Act relating to the discharge of oil, oily mixture, refuse, garbage, waste matter, plastics, marine pollutant in packaged form, noxious liquid substance, trade effluent, ballast water or sediments from a ship, any floating craft other than a ship which is attached to a ship is to be treated as part of the ship. [26/2017]
Unless the context otherwise requires — (a) a reference in this Act to the discharge of any oil, oily mixture, noxious liquid substance, ballast water or sediments from a ship is a reference to the discharge of the oil, oily mixture, noxious liquid substance, ballast water or sediments from the ship at any place in or outside Singapore; and (b) a reference in this Act to the discharge of any oil, oily mixture, noxious liquid substance or sediments from a place on land is a reference to the discharge of the oil, oily mixture, noxious liquid substance or sediments from the place at any place in or outside Singapore. [26/2017]
Any reference in this Act to the Convention, the Ballast Water Management Convention or any other international agreement is to be construed as including a reference to its protocols, annexes, appendices and other attachments. [26/2017]
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM LAND AND APPARATUS Prohibition of discharge of oil or oily mixtures from land or apparatus
— (a) if the discharge is from a place on land — the occupier of that place or if the discharge is caused by the act of another person who is in that place without the permission (express or implied) of the occupier, that person; or (b) if the discharge is from an apparatus used for transferring oil from or to a ship — the person in charge of the apparatus, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. Special defences to section 3
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Where a person is charged with an offence under section 3 as the occupier of a place on land, or as the person in charge of any apparatus, from which the oil or oily mixture is alleged to have been discharged, it is a defence to prove that the discharge of the oil or oily mixture was not due to any want of reasonable care, and that as soon as practicable after the discharge was discovered all reasonable steps were taken for stopping or reducing it. [26/2017]
Without affecting subsection (1), it is a defence for the occupier of a place on land, who is charged with an offence under section 3, to prove that the discharge was caused by the act of a person who was in that place without the permission (express or implied) of the occupier.
Where a person is charged with an offence under section 3 in respect of the discharge of an oily mixture from a place on land, it is (without affecting any other defence under this section) a defence to prove — (a) that the oil was contained in an effluent produced by operations for the refining of oil; (b) that it was not reasonably practicable to dispose of the effluent otherwise than by discharging it into Singapore waters; and (c) that all reasonably practicable steps had been taken for eliminating oil from the effluent.
Where it is proved that, at the time to which the charge relates, the surface of the waters into which the oily mixture was discharged or the land adjacent to those waters was fouled by oil, the defence under subsection (3) does not apply unless the court is satisfied that the fouling was not caused, or contributed to, by oil contained in any effluent discharged at or before that time from that place.
Where any oil or oily mixture is discharged in consequence of the removal of sunk, stranded or abandoned ships by the Authority in exercise of any power conferred by any written law, and apart from this subsection the Authority or a person employed by or acting on behalf of the Authority would be guilty of an offence under section 3 in respect of that discharge, the Authority or person shall not be convicted of that offence unless it is shown that the Authority or that person failed to take such steps (if any) as were reasonable in the circumstances for preventing, stopping or reducing the discharge. Person throwing pollutants into Singapore waters
exceeding 6 months or to both. [26/2017] Prohibition of discharge of sediments from land or apparatus 5A. —
If any sediments are discharged into Singapore waters from any place on land — (a) the occupier of that place; or (b) if the discharge is caused by the act of another person who is in that place without the permission (express or implied) of the occupier, that person, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [26/2017]
If any sediments are discharged into Singapore waters from any apparatus used for transferring sediments from or to any ship (whether to or from a place on land or to or from another ship), the person in charge of the apparatus shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [26/2017]
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS Prohibition of discharge of refuse, garbage, wastes, effluents, plastics and dangerous pollutants from ships
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Subject to subsection (2) and any regulations made under subsection (5), if any disposal or discharge of refuse, garbage, waste matter, trade effluent, plastics or marine pollutant in packaged form occurs from any ship into Singapore waters, the master, the owner and the agent of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [26/2017]
Subsection (1) does not apply to the disposal or discharge of refuse, garbage, waste matter, trade effluent, plastics or marine pollutant in packaged form from a ship — (a) which is necessary for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea; or (b) if the refuse, garbage, waste matter, trade effluent, plastics or marine pollutant in packaged form (as the case may be) escaped from the ship in consequence of damage, other than intentional damage, to the ship or its equipment, and all reasonable precautions were taken after the occurrence of the damage or the discovery of the discharge for the purpose of preventing or minimising the escape of the refuse, garbage, waste matter, trade effluent, plastics or marine pollutant in packaged form, as the case may be.
Subsection (1) does not apply where a synthetic fishing net, or synthetic material used in the repair of such a net, on a ship is lost at sea, and all reasonable precautions were taken to prevent the loss.
For the purposes of subsection (2), damage to a ship or to its equipment is taken to be intentional damage, if the damage arose in circumstances in which the master, the owner or the agent of the ship — (a) acted with intent to cause the damage; or (b) acted recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result.
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to exempt any ship from the operation of subsection (1), either absolutely or subject to any prescribed conditions, and either generally or as respects particular classes of ships, or in relation to particular descriptions of refuse, garbage, waste matter, trade effluent, plastics or marine pollutant in packaged form or to the disposal or discharge thereof in prescribed circumstances, or in relation to particular areas of the sea. Prohibition of discharge of oil and oily mixtures from ships
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Subject to subsection (2) and any regulations made under subsection (4), if any discharge of oil or oily mixture occurs from a Singapore ship into any part of the sea or from any ship into Singapore waters, the master, the owner and the agent of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $1 million or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
Subsection (1) does not apply to the discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship — (a) which is necessary for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea; (b) if the oil or oily mixture (as the case may be) escaped from the ship in consequence of damage, other than intentional damage, to the ship or its equipment, and all reasonable precautions were taken after the occurrence of the damage or the discovery of the discharge for the purpose of preventing or minimising the escape of the oil or oily mixture, as the case may be; or (c) in the case of an oily mixture, if the discharge was for the purpose of combating specific pollution incidents in order to minimise the damage from pollution and was approved by the appointed authority and, where the discharge occurred in the jurisdiction of the government of a country other than Singapore, by that government.
For the purposes of subsection (2), damage to a ship or to its equipment is taken to be intentional damage, if the damage arose in circumstances in which the master, the owner or the agent of the ship — (a) acted with intent to cause the damage; or (b) acted recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result.
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to exempt any ship from the operation of subsection (1), either absolutely or subject to any prescribed conditions, and either generally or as respects particular classes of ships, or in relation to particular descriptions of oil or oily mixtures or to the discharge of oil or oily mixtures in prescribed circumstances, or in relation to particular areas of the sea. Oil residues
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Subject to subsection (2), if any oil residues that cannot be discharged from a Singapore ship into the sea without contravening section 7 are not retained on board the ship, the master and the owner of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1 million.
Oil residues may be discharged from a ship to a reception facility provided in accordance with section 11. Notification of proposal to carry noxious liquid substances
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Where a person who proposes to export or import a noxious liquid substance proposes to do so by having that liquid substance carried in bulk in a ship, that person or the master of the ship must, in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed, notify the Port Master or an officer designated by the Port Master of the proposal.
If the Port Master or the officer designated by the Port Master is not so notified of the proposal mentioned in subsection (1) and the liquid substance is carried as proposed, that person and the master of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. Prohibition of discharge of noxious liquid substances from ships
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Subject to subsection (2) and any regulations made under subsection (4), if any discharge of a noxious liquid substance, or of a mixture containing a noxious liquid substance, being a substance or mixture carried as cargo or part cargo in bulk, occurs from a Singapore ship into the sea or from any ship into Singapore waters, the master, the owner and the agent of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [26/2017]
Subsection (1) does not apply to the discharge of a noxious liquid substance or a mixture containing such substance from a ship — (a) which is necessary for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea; (b) if the substance or the mixture (as the case may be) escaped from the ship in consequence of damage, other than intentional damage, to the ship or its equipment, and all reasonable precautions were taken after the occurrence of the damage or the discovery of the discharge for the purpose of preventing or minimising the escape of the substance or the mixture, as the case may be; or (c) if the discharge was for the purpose of combating specific pollution incidents in order to minimise the damage from pollution and was approved by the appointed authority and where the discharge occurred in the jurisdiction of the government of a country other than Singapore, by that government.
For the purposes of subsection (2), damage to a ship or to its equipment is taken to be intentional damage if the damage arose in circumstances in which the master, the owner or the agent of the ship — (a) acted with intent to cause the damage; or (b) acted recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result.
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to exempt any ship from the operation of subsection (1), either absolutely or subject to any prescribed conditions, and either generally or as respects particular classes of ships, or in relation to particular descriptions of noxious liquid substances or mixtures containing such substances or to the discharge of such substances or mixtures in prescribed circumstances, or in relation to particular areas of the sea. Prohibition of discharge of ballast water and sediments from ships 10A. —
Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 10B, if any discharge of ballast water or sediments occurs from any ship into Singapore waters, or from a Singapore ship into any part of the sea, the master, the owner and the agent of the ship shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. [26/2017]
Subsection (1) does not apply to the discharge of ballast water through ballast water management in accordance with regulations made under section 34. [26/2017]
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations to exempt any ship from the operation of subsection (1), either absolutely or subject to any prescribed conditions, and either generally or as respects particular classes of ships, or in relation to particular areas of the sea. [26/2017]
In this section — “ owner ” , in relation to a ship, includes any organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the owner of the ship and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Safety Management Code; “ International Safety Management Code ” means the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, 2002 adopted by the International Maritime Organization and any amendment to the Code which has come into force and has been accepted by the Government. [26/2017] Special defences to section 10A 10B. Where a person is charged with an offence under section 10A(1), it is a defence for the person charged to prove, on a balance of probabilities, that — (a) the uptake or discharge of ballast water or sediments was necessary for the purpose of securing the safety of the ship in an emergency situation or saving life at sea; (b) the discharge of ballast water or sediments — (i) was accidental; and (ii) resulted from damage to the ship or its equipment, other than damage that was caused by the person wilfully or recklessly, and all reasonable precautions were taken before and after the occurrence of the damage, or the discovery of the occurrence of the damage or discharge, for the purpose of preventing or minimising the discharge; (c) the uptake or discharge of ballast water or sediments was for the purpose of avoiding or minimising pollution incidents from the ship; (d) the discharge of ballast water or sediments occurred on the high seas, and comprised the same ballast water and sediments that had been taken up in the high seas; or (e) the discharge of ballast water or sediments was at the same location where the whole of the discharged ballast water or sediments originated, and the discharged ballast water and sediments had not been mixed with ballast water and sediments from any other location which have not undergone ballast water management. [26/2017]
PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST POLLUTION OF THE SEA Reception facilities
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The powers exercisable by the Authority in respect of the port include power to provide reception facilities for ships using the port or any terminal in Singapore.
Any power of the Authority to provide reception facilities includes — (a) power to join with any other person in providing them, and any reference in this section to the provision of reception facilities by the Authority is to be construed accordingly; (b) power to arrange for the provision of such facilities by any other person; (c) power to require every ship to use the facilities; and (d) power to provide reception facilities outside and within the limits of the port.
Subject to any directions given by the Minister under subsection (5), the Authority in respect of the port and a terminal operator in respect of the terminal operator ’ s terminal must ensure that — (a) if the port or terminal has reception facilities, those facilities are adequate; or (b) if the port or terminal has no reception facilities, reception facilities are provided, in order to comply, for ships which may be expected to use the port or terminal for a primary purpose other than utilising reception facilities, with the provisions of any regulations made under this Act pertaining to the provision of reception facilities.
The Authority or a terminal operator must provide the Minister with any information that the Minister directs in respect of any reception facilities provided by or by arrangement with the Authority or the operator at the port or terminal, as the case may be.
Where it appears to the Minister, after consultation with any organisation appearing to the Minister to be the representative of owners of ships registered in Singapore, the Authority and, where appropriate, the terminal operator, that if the port or a terminal managed by the operator — (a) has reception facilities, those facilities are inadequate; or (b) has no reception facilities, the port or terminal should be provided with reception facilities, in order to comply, for ships which may be expected to use the port or terminal for a primary purpose other than utilising the reception facilities, with the provisions of any regulations made under this Act pertaining to the provision of reception facilities, the Minister may direct the Authority or the terminal operator to provide or arrange for the provision of appropriate reception facilities.
Any person who fails to comply with any direction given under subsection (4) or (5) within the period specified in the direction, or within any extended period allowed by the Minister (whether before or after the end of the period so specified) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $100 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Subsections (3) to (6) do not apply unless the port or a terminal managed by a terminal operator is — (a) in relation to the provision of reception facilities for residues or mixtures containing oil — used by ships carrying such residues or mixtures including such ships when undergoing repair or being broken up; (b) in relation to the provision of reception facilities for residues or mixtures containing noxious liquid substances — used by ships carrying such residues or mixtures for the purpose of loading or unloading such substances, repair or breaking up; or (c) in relation to the provision of reception facilities for sediments — used by ships carrying such sediments, including such ships when undergoing cleaning or repairing of ballast water tanks or breaking up. [26/2017]
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations in respect of every matter relating to the provision of reception facilities and other facilities for ships to deposit refuse, garbage, plastics, sewage, ballast water or sediments and, in particular, those regulations may provide — (a) for fees to be levied for the use of the facilities; (b) for the conditions upon which ships may make use of the facilities; and (c) that a contravention thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both. [26/2017] Regulations requiring the keeping of oil record books
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The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring oil record books to be carried in all Singapore ships and in all ships in Singapore waters and requiring the master of any such ship to record in the oil record book carried by it — (a) the carrying out, on board or in connection with the ship, of such of the following operations as may be prescribed: (i) the loading of oil cargo; (ii) the internal transfer of oil cargo during a voyage; (iii) the unloading of oil cargo; (iv) the ballasting of oil tanks (whether cargo or bunker fuel tanks) and dedicated clean ballast tanks; (v) the cleaning of oil tanks (whether cargo or bunker fuel tanks) including crude oil washing; (vi) the discharge of ballast except from segregated ballast tanks; (vii) the discharge of water from slop tanks; (viii) the closing of all applicable valves or similar devices after slop tanks discharge operations; (ix) the closing of valves necessary for isolation of dedicated clean ballast tanks from cargo and stripping lines after slop tank discharge operations; (x) the discharge of dirty ballast or cleaning water from oil fuel tanks; (xi) the discharge overboard or disposal otherwise of bilge water, which has accumulated in machinery spaces; (xii) the disposal of any oily residues (sludge); or (xiii) the disposal of residues; (b) any event of such discharge of oil or oily mixture as is mentioned in section 7(2) or any regulations made under section 7(4); and (c) in the event of accidental or other exceptional discharge of oil or oily mixture which is not mentioned in section 7(2).
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring the keeping of records relating to the transfer of oil to and from ships while they are in Singapore waters.
The requirements of any regulations made under subsection (2) are in addition to the requirements of any regulations made under subsection (1).
Any records required to be kept by any regulations made under subsection (2) must, unless the ship is a barge, be kept by the master of the ship and must, if the ship is a barge, be kept, insofar as they relate to the transfer of oil to the barge, by the person supplying the oil and, insofar as they relate to the transfer of oil from the barge, by the person to whom the oil is delivered.
Regulations made under this section requiring the carrying of oil record books or the keeping of records may — (a) prescribe the form of the oil record books or records and the nature of the entries to be made in them; (b) require the person providing or keeping the oil record books or records to retain them for a prescribed period; (c) require that person, at the end of the prescribed period, to transmit the oil record books or records to a place or person determined by the regulations; and (d) provide for the custody or disposal of the oil record books or records after their transmission to such a place or person. Regulations requiring the keeping of cargo record books
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The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring cargo record books to be carried in all Singapore ships and in all ships in Singapore waters, being ships which carry noxious liquid substances in bulk, and requiring the master of any such ship to record in the cargo record book carried by it — (a) the carrying out, on board or in connection with the ship, of those of the following operations with respect to a noxious liquid substance as may be prescribed: (i) the loading of cargo; (ii) the internal transfer of cargo; (iii) the unloading of cargo; (iv) the cleaning of cargo tanks; (v) the ballasting of cargo tanks; (vi) the discharge of ballast from cargo tanks; (vii) the disposal of residues to reception facilities; or (viii) the discharge into the sea or removal by ventilation of residues in accordance with any regulations made under this Act; (b) in the event of any such discharge of any noxious liquid substance or a mixture containing such substance as is mentioned in section 10(2) or in any regulations made under section 10(4); and (c) any occasion on which the noxious liquid substance or a mixture containing such substance is discharged, whether intentionally or accidentally.
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring the keeping of records relating to the transfer of noxious liquid substances to and from ships while they are in Singapore waters.
The requirements of any regulations made under subsection (2) are in addition to the requirements of any regulations made under subsection (1).
Any records required to be kept by any regulations made under subsection (2) must be kept by the master of the ship.
Regulations made under this section requiring the carrying of cargo record books or the keeping of records may — (a) prescribe the form of the cargo record books or records and the nature of the entries to be made in them; (b) require the person providing or keeping the cargo record books or records to retain them for a prescribed period; (c) require that person, at the end of the prescribed period, to transmit the cargo record books or records to a place or person determined by the regulations; and (d) provide for the custody or disposal of the cargo record books or records after their transmission to such a place or person. Regulations requiring keeping of ballast water record books 13A. —
The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations requiring ballast water record books to be carried in all Singapore ships and in all ships in Singapore waters, and requiring the master of any such ship to record in the ballast water record book carried by it — (a) the carrying out, on board or in connection with the ship, of such of the following operations as may be prescribed: (i) the intake of ballast water; (ii) the circulation or treatment of ballast water for ballast water management purposes; (iii) the discharge of ballast water into the sea; (iv) the discharge of ballast water to a facility for the reception of ballast water; (v) the accidental or other exceptional uptake or discharge of ballast water; (vi) any failure or malfunction of the ballast water management system of the ship; (vii) the taking of any additional measures to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the ship ’ s ballast water and sediments, in accordance with regulations made under this Act; (viii) the conduct of any other ballast water management operational procedures; (b) any event of discharge of ballast water or sediments by a ship that is exempt from the operation of section 10A(1) by regulations made under section 10A(3); (c) any event of discharge of ballast water mentioned in section 10A(2); and (d) any event of discharge of ballast water or sediments as is mentioned in section 10B. [26/2017]
Regulations made under this section requiring the carrying of ballast water record books or the keeping of records may — (a) prescribe the form of the ballast water record books or records and the nature of the entries to be made in them; (b) require the person keeping the ballast water record books or records to retain them for a prescribed period; (c) require the person mentioned in paragraph (b), at the end of the prescribed period, to transmit the ballast water record books or records to a place or person determined by the regulations; and (d) provide, after the transmission of the ballast water record books or records to the place or person mentioned in paragraph (c), for their custody (for such period as may be prescribed) and for their subsequent disposal. [26/2017] Failure to carry record books and evidence
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If any ship fails to carry an oil record book, cargo record book or ballast water record book as is required under section 12, 13 or 13A, the owner, the agent or the master of that ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. [26/2017]
Any person who fails to comply with any of the requirements imposed by section 12, 13 or 13A or any regulations made under those sections shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. [26/2017]
Any person who makes an entry in any oil record book, cargo record book or ballast water record book carried or any record kept under section 12, 13 or 13A which is to the person ’ s knowledge false or misleading in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. [26/2017]
In any proceedings under this Act — (a) any oil record book, cargo record book or ballast water record book carried or any record kept under any regulations made under section 12, 13 or 13A is admissible as evidence of the facts stated in it; (b) any copy of an entry in such oil record book, cargo record book or ballast water 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 is admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the entry; and (c) any document purporting to be an oil record book, cargo record book or ballast water record book carried or a record kept under section 12, 13 or 13A, or purporting to be such a certified copy as is mentioned in paragraph (b) is, unless the contrary is proved, presumed to be such a book, record or copy, as the case may be. [26/2017] Duty to report discharges of harmful substances from ships
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If any actual or probable discharge of any harmful substance occurs in prescribed circumstances from a Singapore ship into any part of the sea or from any ship into Singapore waters, the master of the ship must without delay report the occurrence in such manner and to such officer as may be prescribed.
It is a defence if a person charged with an offence against subsection (1) proves that the person was unable to comply with that subsection in relation to the relevant occurrence.
Where a discharge mentioned in subsection (1) occurs and — (a) the master of the ship is unable to comply with that subsection in relation to the occurrence; or (b) the discharge occurs in circumstances in which the ship is abandoned, the owner, charterer, manager and operator of the ship or an agent of the owner, charterer, manager or operator of the ship must without delay report the occurrence in such manner and to such officer as may be prescribed.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
On the prosecution of a person for an offence under subsection (3), it is a defence if the person proves — (a) that the person was not aware of the relevant occurrence; or (b) in the case of an offence to which subsection (3)(a) applies, that the person neither knew nor suspected that the master of the ship concerned was unable to comply with subsection (1) in relation to the relevant occurrence. Duty to report discharge of oil, etc., from land or apparatus
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000. [26/2017]
Recovery of costs for removing refuse, garbage, wastes, plastics, effluents and dangerous pollutants discharged from ships
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If any refuse, garbage, waste matter, plastics, marine pollutant in packaged form or trade effluent is discharged from any ship into Singapore waters or into any part of the sea or waters outside Singapore waters and the refuse, garbage, waste matter, plastics, marine pollutant or trade effluent subsequently drifts or flows into Singapore waters, the owner of the ship shall be liable to pay for the costs of any measure reasonably taken by the appointed authority after the discharge for the purpose of removing it and for preventing or reducing any damage caused in Singapore by contamination resulting from the discharge.
Where the refuse, garbage, waste matter, plastics, marine pollutant in packaged form or trade effluent is discharged from 2 or more ships — (a) a liability is incurred under this section by the owner of each of them; but (b) the damage or cost of which each of the owners would be liable cannot reasonably be separated from that for which the other or others would be liable, each of the owners shall be liable, jointly and severally with the other or others, for the whole of the damage or cost for which the owners together would be liable under this section. Recovery of costs for removing oil, oily mixture and substances discharged from ships
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If any oil, oily mixture or noxious liquid substance is discharged from any ship into Singapore waters or into any part of the sea or waters outside Singapore waters and the oil, mixture or substance subsequently flows or drifts into Singapore waters, the owner of the ship shall be liable to pay for the costs of any measure reasonably taken by the appointed authority after the discharge for the purpose of removing it and for preventing or reducing any damage caused in Singapore by contamination resulting from the discharge.
Where the oil, oily mixture or noxious liquid substance is discharged from 2 or more ships — (a) a liability is incurred under this section by the owner of each of them; but (b) the damage or cost of which each of the owners would be liable cannot reasonably be separated from that for which the other or others would be liable, each of the owners shall be liable, jointly and severally with the other or others, for the whole of the damage or cost for which the owners together would be liable under this section.
The reference in this section to the measures reasonably taken after the discharge of oil, oily mixture or a noxious liquid substance for the purpose of preventing or reducing any damage caused by contamination resulting from the discharge includes actions taken to remove the oil, mixture or substance from the water and foreshores or the taking of such other actions as may be necessary to minimise or mitigate damage to the public health or welfare, including, but not limited to fish, shellfish, wildlife, and public and private property, foreshores and beaches.
This section does not apply in relation to any discharge of — (a) oil or oily mixture where section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Oil Pollution) Act 1998 applies; and (b) bunker oil where section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008 applies. [24/2008] Recovery of costs for removing oil, oily mixture and substances discharged from land or apparatus
Recovery of costs from person responsible for pollution
Costs recoverable as a debt due to appointed authority
debt due to the authority.
Powers of inspectors
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An inspector may exercise the powers under subsection (2) only for the purpose of ascertaining — (a) whether a provision of this Act or any regulations made under this Act that is applicable in relation to a Singapore ship has been complied with in respect of that ship; (b) whether there has been a discharge from a ship in contravention of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; (c) whether a provision of the Convention, or the Ballast Water Management Convention, that is applicable in relation to a ship other than a Singapore ship has been complied with in respect of that ship; or (d) whether a provision of a law of a country other than Singapore giving effect to the Convention or the Ballast Water Management Convention, being a provision that is applicable in relation to a ship other than a Singapore ship, has been complied with in respect of that ship. [26/2017]
An inspector may for any of the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) — (a) go on board a ship with such assistants and equipment as the inspector considers necessary; (b) require the master of a ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the boarding; (c) inspect and test any machinery or equipment of a ship; (d) require the master of a ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to facilitate the inspection or testing of any machinery or equipment of the ship; (e) open, or require the master of a ship to cause to be opened, any hold, bunker tank, ballast tank, compartment or receptacle in or on board the ship and inspect the contents of any such hold, bunker tank, ballast tank, compartment or receptacle in or on board the ship; (f) require the master of a ship to produce a record book required by any regulations made under this Act to be carried in the ship or any other books, documents or records relating to the ship or its cargo that are carried in the ship; (g) make copies of, or take extracts from, any such books, documents or records; (h) require the master of a ship to certify that a true copy of an entry in a record book required by any regulations made under this Act to be carried in the ship is a true copy of such an entry; (i) examine, and take samples of, any substances on board a ship; and (j) require a person to answer questions. [26/2017]
Any person who — (a) without reasonable excuse, refuses or fails to comply with a requirement made of the person by an inspector in the exercise of the inspector ’ s powers under subsection (2); or (b) in answer to a question that the person is required to answer under subsection (2), makes a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both. Power to deny entry and to detain ship
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Where the Director or Port Master has reasonable cause to believe that a ship which proposes to enter the port does not comply with the requirements of this Act or any regulations made under this Act, the Director or Port Master may deny the entry of such ship to the port.
Where the Director or Port Master has reasonable cause to believe that a ship — (a) has incurred a liability under section 17 or 18; or (b) has contravened any of the requirements of this Act or any regulations made under this Act and, in the opinion of the Director or Port Master, the ship presents an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment or has caused harm to such environment, the Director or Port Master or any officer authorised in writing by the Director or Port Master may detain that ship.
The Director or Port Master may release a ship detained under subsection (2) if the owner of the ship deposits with the Government or the Authority a sum of money or furnishes such security which would, in the opinion of the Director or Port Master, be adequate to meet the owner ’ s liability under this Act.
Section 3(1)(d) of the High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act 1961 is to be construed as extending to any claim in respect of a liability incurred by the owner of a ship under this Act. Detained ship proceeding to sea
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If any ship is detained under section 23(2) and the ship proceeds to sea before it is released by the Director or Port Master, the master of the ship, the owner of the ship and any person who sends the ship to sea, if that master, owner or person is party or privy to the act of sending the ship to sea, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
The Director or Port Master or any officer authorised by the Director or Port Master to detain a ship may, if he or she thinks it necessary, place a police officer on board as a guard (called in this section a police guard).
Where a ship proceeding to sea takes to sea when any officer authorised to detain the ship, police guard or inspector is on board in the execution of his or her duty, the owner and the master of the ship shall each be liable to pay all expenses of and incidental to the officer, police guard or inspector being so taken to sea, and also to a fine not exceeding $2,000, or not exceeding $200 for every day until the officer, police guard or inspector returns or until such time as would enable the officer, police guard or inspector after leaving the ship to return to the port from which the officer, police guard or inspector was taken, and the expenses ordered to be paid may be recoverable as a fine.
Any police guard so placed on board a ship may take any steps that are necessary to prevent the ship from leaving the port.
Any person who opposes or in any way obstructs any officer authorised to detain the ship, a police guard or an inspector shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000. Sale of ship
Exemptions
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This Act does not apply to any warship, naval auxiliary or other ship owned or operated by a State (including the Government) and used for the time being, only on government non-commercial service.
The Minister may in his or her discretion exempt any ship or person from any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made under this Act.
Any exemption granted by the Minister under subsection (2) may be granted subject to such conditions as the Minister thinks fit and the exemption does not have effect unless those conditions are complied with. Power to enter on lands
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The Government may, by its officers, employees, agents or contractors, enter upon any land adjoining the sea or foreshore — (a) for the purpose of removing or eliminating any oil, oily mixture, refuse, garbage, waste matter, plastics, marine pollutant in packaged form, noxious liquid substance, trade effluent or sediments from Singapore waters; and (b) to take steps to minimise or mitigate damage to public health or welfare that may be caused by or result from any of the substances mentioned in paragraph (a). [26/2017]
The Government must pay compensation to the owner of the land for any permanent damage caused to the land in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1).
If any dispute arises as to the amount of compensation payable to the owner of such land, the dispute may be summarily determined by a Magistrate ’ s Court or a District Court.
Except as provided in subsection (2), no action may be brought against the Government for any compensation in respect of any damage caused arising out of the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1). Powers of arrest
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The Director, the Port Master, a police officer or any person authorised in writing by the Director or Port Master, may arrest without warrant any person who has committed or whom he or she reasonably believes to have committed an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act and take the arrested person before a Magistrate ’ s Court or a District Court (as the case may be) to be dealt with according to law.
Any article concerning, by or for which an offence has been committed may be seized and taken to a police station, unless given up sooner by order of a Magistrate ’ s Court or a District Court, until the charge is decided in due course of law. Delegation of powers
Protection from personal liability
Evidence of analyst
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The Director may, by instrument in writing under his or her hand, appoint persons who in the Director ’ s opinion are qualified to be analysts for the purposes of this Act.
Subject to subsection (4), a certificate of an analyst appointed under subsection (1) stating that he or she has analysed or examined a substance and stating the result of his or her analysis or examination is admissible in evidence in any proceedings for an offence under this Act as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the certificate and of the correctness of the result of the analysis or examination.
For the purposes of this section, a document purporting to be a certificate mentioned in subsection (2) on its production by the prosecution is, unless the contrary is proved, deemed to be such a certificate.
A certificate mentioned in subsection (2) shall not be received in evidence pursuant to that subsection unless the person charged has been given a copy of the certificate together with reasonable notice of the intention of the prosecution to produce the certificate as evidence in the proceedings.
Where a certificate of an analyst appointed under subsection (1) is admitted in evidence under subsection (2), the person charged may require the analyst to be called as a witness for the prosecution and the analyst may be cross-examined as if the analyst had given evidence of the matters stated in the certificate. Court for trial of offences
’ s Court or a District Court and that Court has, despite the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 and any other written law, jurisdiction to impose the maximum penalty provided for by this Act or any regulations made under this Act. Composition of offences
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The Director, Port Master or any person authorised in writing by the Director or Port Master may compound any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act which is prescribed as a compoundable offence, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $2,000.
The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded. Fines, etc., to be paid to Authority 33A. All fines imposed for any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act and all sums collected under section 33 must be paid into the funds of the Authority. Regulations
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The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make such regulations as appear to the Authority necessary or expedient for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act and for prescribing anything which may be prescribed under this Act and, in particular, for the purpose of — (a) giving effect to any provision of the Convention which has not been given effect to in this Act; (b) giving effect to any provision of the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990 (including the Final Act of the Conference and the attached resolutions) signed in London on 30 November 1990; (c) giving effect to any provision of the Ballast Water Management Convention which has not been given effect to in this Act; (d) giving effect to any provision of any international agreement not mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) which relates to the prevention, reduction or control of pollution of the sea or pollution from ships; (e) giving effect to any international agreement which modifies any of the international agreements mentioned in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); and (f) prescribing any measure which the Authority considers necessary for the protection of the marine environment and for the prevention, control or reduction of pollution of the sea or pollution from ships. [26/2017]
Without limiting subsection (1), the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, by such regulations — (a) require persons carrying on any trade, business or manufacture to install such equipment as the Authority may prescribe for the purpose of eliminating any oil in any trade effluent and for preventing or reducing the discharge of any trade effluent into Singapore waters; (b) require the owners or operators of cargo terminals, shipyards, oil refineries and oil terminals in Singapore, and such other facilities in Singapore as the Port Master may determine, to store such detergents, dispersants and equipment as the Authority may prescribe to deal with any pollution of Singapore waters; (c) provide for the conduct of investigations of casualties in respect of any discharge from a ship or any contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made under this Act; (d) provide for the appointment, registration, duties and powers of MARPOL surveyors and the approval of the organisation employing such surveyors for the purposes of giving effect to Annex II to the Convention; (e) provide for the nomination and registration of surveyors, and for the recognition of organisations to conduct surveys, for the purposes of the Ballast Water Management Convention, and for the duties and powers of such surveyors and organisations; (f) prescribe fees to be paid in respect of the issue or recording of any certificate, licence or other instrument or the doing of any other thing pursuant to this Act or any regulations made under this Act; (g) provide for the approval of documents and the carrying out of surveys and inspections for the purpose of giving effect to any of the international agreements referred to in subsection (1)(a) to (e), or to a measure mentioned in subsection (1)(f) and the issue, duration and recognition of any certificate for that purpose; (h) provide for the denial of entry or prohibition of proceeding to sea of any ship which does not have in force a certificate issued pursuant to any regulations made under paragraph (g); and (i) provide for the extraterritorial application of any of the regulations to Singapore ships and to persons on board Singapore ships. [26/2017]
Any regulations made under this section or any other section may — (a) make different provisions for different circumstances; (b) empower any specified person to grant exemption from any provisions of the regulations; (c) provide for the delegation of functions exercisable by virtue of the regulations; (d) include such incidental, supplemental and transitional provisions as appear to the Authority to be expedient for the purposes of the regulations; and (e) provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $20,000 or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or with both. [26/2017] Application to Government
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA ACT 1990 This Legislative History is a service provided by the Law Revision Commission on a best-efforts basis. It is not part of the Act. PICTORIAL OVERVIEW OF PREDECESSOR ACTS LEGISLATIVE HISTORY DETAILS PART 1 PREVENTION OF POLLUTION OF THE SEA ACT (CHAPTER 243, 1985 REVISED EDITION)
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act, 1971 Bill : 54/1970 First Reading : 30 December 1970 Second and Third Readings : 11 January 1971 Commencement : 1 February 1972 (except section 13) 1 October 1973 (section 13)
— Civil Liability (Oil Pollution) Act, 1973 (Amendments made by section 17 read with the Schedule to the above Act) Bill : 24/1973 First Reading : 11 July 1973 Second and Third Readings : 25 July 1973 Commencement : 1 October 1973 (section 17 read with the Schedule)
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1976 Bill : 10/1976 First Reading : 23 July 1976 Second and Third Readings : 3 September 1976 Commencement : 1 October 1976
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1981 Bill : 16/1981 First Reading : 15 June 1981 Second and Third Readings : 21 July 1981 Commencement : 15 December 1981
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act (Chapter 243) Operation : 30 March 1987
THE SEA ACT 1990 (2020 REVISED EDITION)
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act 1990 Bill : 17/1990 First Reading : 18 July 1990 Second and Third Readings : 30 August 1990 Commencement : 1 February 1991
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act (Chapter 243) Operation : 1 March 1991
— Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act 1996 (Amendments made by section 121(4) read with item (14) of the Fourth Schedule to the above Act) Bill : 46/1995 First Reading : 5 December 1995 Second and Third Readings : 18 January 1996 Commencement : 2 February 1996 (section 121(4) read with item (14) of the Fourth Schedule) iii
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act 1999 Bill : 6/1999 First Reading : 20 January 1999 Second and Third Readings : 11 February 1999 Commencement : 10 June 1999
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea Act (Chapter 243) Operation : 30 December 1999
— Merchant Shipping (Civil Liability and Compensation for Bunker Oil Pollution) Act 2008 (Amendments made by section 30(2) of the above Act) Bill : 20/2008 First Reading : 25 August 2008 Second and Third Readings : 16 September 2008 Commencement : 21 November 2008 (section 30(2))
— Prevention of Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act 2017 Bill : 20/2017 First Reading : 3 April 2017 Second and Third Readings : 8 May 2017 Commencement : 8 September 2017 Abbreviations C.P. Council Paper G.N. No. S (N.S.) Government Notification Number Singapore (New Series) G.N. No. Government Notification Number G.N. No. S Government Notification Number Singapore G.N. Sp. No. S Government Notification Special Number Singapore L.A. Legislative Assembly L.N. Legal Notification (Federal/Malaysian Subsidiary Legislation) M. Act Malayan Act/Malaysia Act M. Ordinance Malayan Ordinance Parl. Parliament S.S.G.G. (E) No. Straits Settlements Government Gazette (Extraordinary) Number S.S.G.G. No. Straits Settlements Government Gazette Number