Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Definitions.
356B. Definitions. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "cargo" includes ballast and ship's stores and fuel; (b) "coast" includes any island forming part of India; (c) "coastal waters" means any part of the territorial waters of India, or any marine areas adjacent thereto over which India has, or, may hereafter have exclusive jurisdiction in regard to control of marine pollution under the Territorial Waters. Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976, or any other law for the time being in force; (d) "Convention" means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, signed in London on the 12th day of May, 1954, as amended from time to time; (e) "discharge", in relation to oil or oily mixture, means any discharge or escape, however caused; (f) the expression "from nearest land" shall mean the baseline from which the territorial sea of the territory in question is established in accordance with the Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958, except that in relation to north-eastern coast of Australia it shall mean from a line drawn from a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 11 South, longitude 142x08 East to a point in latitude 10x35' South, longitude 141x55' East-- thence to a point latitude 10x00' South, longitude 142x00' East thence to a point latitude 9x10' South, longitude 143x52' East thence to a point latitude 9x00' South, longitude 144x30' East thence to a point latitude 13x00' South, longitude 144x00' East thence to a point latitude 15x00' South, longitude 146x00' East thence to a point latitude 18x00' South, longitude 147x00' East thence to a point latitude 21x00' South, longitude 153x00' East thence to a point on the coast of Australia in latitude 24x42' South, longitude 153x15' East; (g) "instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content" means the rate of discharge of oil in litres per hour at any instant divided by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant; (h) "mile" means a nautical mile of 1,852 metres; (i) "off-shore installation" means an installation, whether mobile or fixed, which is used or is intended to be used for under-water exploration or exploitation of crude oil, petroleum or other similar mineral oils, under lease, licence or any other form of contractual arrangement and includes-- (a) any installation which could be moved from place to place under its own motive power or otherwise; and (b) a pipe-line; (j) "oil" means-- (i) crude oil; (ii) fuel oil; (iii) heavy diesel oil conforming to such specifications as may be prescribed; and (iv) lubricating oil; (k) "oily mixture" means a mixture with any oil content; (l) "oil reception facilities" in relation to a port, means facilities for enabling vessels using the port to discharge or deposit oil residues; (m) "ship" means any sea-going vessel of any type whatsoever, including a floating craft, whether self- propelled or towed by another vessel, making a sea- voyage; (n) "tanker" means a ship in which greater part of the cargo space is constructed or adapted for the carriage of liquid cargoes in bulk and which is not, for the time being, carrying a cargo other than oil in that part of its cargo space. PROVISIONS FOR PREVENTION OF POLLUTION
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