Oil Pollution of the Sea Act, 1956

Application of sections 16 and 17 (1) to foreign ships.

18.—(1) The Government may by order apply section 16 or subsection (1) of section 17 to ships registered in other countries while they are in a harbour in the State or within the territorial seas while on their way to or from such a harbour, unless their presence there is due to stress of weather or some other unforeseen and unavoidable circumstance.

(2) The Government may by order exempt from such application a ship of any country, if satisfied that the requirements of the law of that country are equally effective and that the ship complies with them.

(3) The Government may by order revoke an order under this section.