On 22/05/2013,
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incorporating all amendments published on or before 22/05/2013.
The closest version currently available is that of 30/12/1999.
PART III
PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS
Prohibition of discharge of refuse, garbage, wastes, effluents, plastics and dangerous pollutants from ships
6.
—(1) 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 $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(2) Subsection (1) shall 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.
(3) Subsection (1) shall 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.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2), damage to a ship or to its equipment shall be 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.
(5) 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.
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7.
—(1) 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.
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(2) Subsection (1) shall 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.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), damage to a ship or to its equipment shall be 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.
(4) 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.
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8.
—(1) 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.
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(2) Oil residues may be discharged from a ship to a reception facility provided in accordance with section 11.
9.
—(1) 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 shall, 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.
(2) If the Port Master or the officer designated by the Port Master is not so notified of the proposal referred to 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.
10.
—(1) 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 $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
(2) Subsection (1) shall 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.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), damage to a ship or to its equipment shall be 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.
(4) 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.
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