Marine Pollution Prevention Act 1981 · පනවන ලද පරිදි · Part IV · Preventive Measures Against Pollution
10. Record bewks relating tu oil and pollutants
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
All ships in Sri Lanka waters shall carry record hooks relating to oil and other pollutants.
Sri Lanka waters
“Sri Lanka waters” means the following waters:— (a) the territorial sea, (b) the contiguous zone, (c) the exclusive economic zone, (d) the continental shelf, (e) the pollution prevention zone, as defined in the Maritime Zones Law…
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The master of any ship referred to in subsection (1) shall record in the oil record books the carrying out, on board or in connection with the ship, operations relating to—
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command of any ship or being in charge of any ship;
{a) the loading of oil cargo ;
oil
“oil” means oil of any description in any form and includes spirits and other distilates produced from oil of any description and coal, tar, bitumen, bitu-men emulsions, fuel oil, sludge oil refuse and oil mixed with waste; and includes mixtures of oil with waste or with any other substance;
the transfer of oil cargo to and from a ship in Sri
Lanka waters
;
the discharge of oil cargo; —
the ballasting of oil tanks (whether cargo or bunker fuel tanks) and the discharge of ballast from, and
' cleaning of, such tanks ;
the separation of oil from water, or from other subs-tances, in any mixture containing oil
;
the disposal of any other oil residue ;
the disposal of any oil or water, or any other subs-tance arising from operations relating to any matters specified in the preceding sub-paragraph
;
any occasion on which oil or a mixture containing oil is discharged from the ship for the purpose of securing the safety of any ship or of preventing damage to any ship or cargo or for saving human lives
;
any occasion on which oil or a mixture containing oil is found to be escaping or to have escaped from the ship in consequence of damage to the ship or by reason of leakage
; and ij) such other operations as may be prescribed.
Any records required to be kept under subsection (4)
shall be kept by the master or the person in charge of the ship and where such ship is a barge—
ship
“ ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes fishing trawlers, hydrafoil boats, aircyshion vehicles, submersibles.barges, floating-craft and fixed or floating platforms without regard to the method of or the lack of propulsion; °
<i) in so far as they relate to the transfer of oil to the barge, by the person supplying the oil; and
barge
“barge” means a barge which has no means of self propulsion in the Way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current and includes a lighter or any similar vessel; Marine Pollution Prevention
in so far as they relate to the transfer of oil from the barge, by the person to whom the oil is delivered.
The master of any ship referred to in subsection (1)
shall record in the record book carried as an official log book or as a separate log book records relating to the dis-charge or esvape of pollutants that may be prescribed.
The form of the record book and other records to be kept under this section shall be substantially in the prescribed form.
Marine Pollution Prevention
If any ship fails to carry a record book the owner, operator, agent or the master of such ship shall be guilty of an offence.
owner
“ owner” means the person registered as the owner or in the absence of registration, the person owning or in possession;
Any person who makes an entry in any record book carried or record kept under this section which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material parti-cular, shall be guilty of an offence.
Record books relating to oil and other pollutants shall be kept in such a place as to be readily available for inspec-tion at all reasonable times, and except in the case of unmanned ships under tow, shall be kept on board the ship.
They shall be preserved for a period of two years after the last entry has been made.
The Authority or any officer authorized in writing vy the Author!ty may inspect on board any ship while within
Sri Lanka waters the oil record book or the record book relating to pollutants and may require the master of the ship to forward to the Authority a certified true copy of the entries made in the record book relating to oil or other pollutants.
Any person guilty of an offence under subsection (6)
or subsection (7) shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees.
In any proceedings under this Act—
any record book carried or records kept in pursuance of this section shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated therein
;
any copy of an entry in such 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 evi-dence of the facts stated therein
;
any document purporting to be a record book carried or record kept in pursuance of this section, or purporting to be such a certified copy as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of this subsection shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be such a book, record or copy, as the case may be.
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Restrictions on transfer of oil
No owner, operator, master or agent of any ship shall transfer oil to or from a ship within Sri Lanka waters between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. unless notice has been given to and prior approval has been obtained from the Authority.
The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall state—
the place at which the transfer of oil shall take place, and
the time and the period within which the transfer
‘shall be carried out.
The period referred to in subsection (2) shall in no case exceed a period of twelve months from the date of approval.
Any person being the owner, operator, master or agent of a ship, as the case may be, who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction be liable to a fine of not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees.