International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Amendment Act | Act 66 of 1996 — South Africa law | Esheria

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Amendment Act

This section updates key definitions used in the Act, including “Convention,” “Minister,” “owner,” “ship,” “South African ship,” and “territorial waters.”

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Jurisdiction
South Africa
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Act 66 of 1996
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Updated
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This section updates key definitions used in the Act, including “Convention,” “Minister,” “owner,” “ship,” “South African ship,” and “territorial waters.” This section says section 2 of the principal Act is substituted with a new section titled “Application and interpretation of Convention”. The Convention applies to South African ships wherever they are, and to other ships while they are in the Republic, its territorial waters, or exclusive economic zone. The Minister may make regulations about the Convention, exemptions for ships, applying Convention rules with modifications, fees, and related expenditure recovery. This section creates offences for non-compliance with the Act or Convention and sets penalties, including fines, imprisonment, and possible forfeiture of deposits by the Director-General.