22. Power to Getain ship

Terms defined in s 37

• master

  master

  Defined · s 37

  “master” includes every person, except a pilot, having command of any ship or being in charge of any ship;

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• oil

  oil

  Defined · s 37

  “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;

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• owner

  owner

  Defined · s 37

  “ owner” means the person registered as the owner or in the absence of registration, the person owning or in possession;

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• pollutant

  pollutant

  Defined · s 37

  “pollutant” means any substance or any substance that is a part of a class of substances, prescribed by the Minister to be a pollutant for the purposes of this Act and includes any water contaminated by such substance; SO

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• ship

  ship

  Defined · s 37

  “ 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; °

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• Sri Lanka waters

  Sri Lanka waters

  Defined · s 37

  “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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