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Amendment of section 17 of Act of 1956.
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13.—Section 17 of the Act of 1956 is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution for subsection (1) (c) of the following paragraph—
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“(c) the carrying out of prescribed operations being—
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(i) the loading, transfer and discharge of oil cargo, or
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(ii) the ballasting of and discharge of ballast from cargo tanks or bunker fuel tanks, and the cleaning of such tanks, or
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(iii) the separation of oil in any oily mixture, or
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(iv) the disposal from the ship of any oil, water or other substance arising from such operations, or
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(v) the disposal of any oily residue.”, and
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(b) the substitution for subsections (4) and (5) of the following subsections—
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“(4) Every person who contravenes this section or regulations under it shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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(5) Every person who makes in a record any entry or alteration which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material respect shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding five thousand pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and such imprisonment”.
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