Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Prohibitions as to discharge of oil or oily mixture.
356C. Prohibitions as to discharge of oil or oily mixture. (1) No oil or oily mixture shall be discharged from an Indian tanker anywhere into the sea or from a foreign tanker anywhere within the coastal waters of India except where each of the following conditions is satisfied, namely:-- (a) the tanker is proceeding en-route; (b) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed sixty litres per mile; (c) the total quantity of oil discharged does not exceed 1/15,000 part of the total carrying capacity of the tanker; (d) the tanker is more than 50 miles from nearest land; and (e) the tanker is not within the designated areas notified as such under sub-section (6) of section 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976: (80 of 1976.) Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to-- (i) the discharge of ballast from a cargo tank which, since the cargo was last carried therein, has been so cleaned that any affluent therefrom would, if discharged from a stationary tanker into clean calm waters on a clear day, produce no visible traces of oil on the surface of the water; or (ii) the discharge of oil or oily mixture from machinery space bilges, if any such discharge is made in compliance with the provisions of sub-section (2) as if it were made from a ship other than a tanker. (2) No oil or oily mixture shall be discharged from an Indian ship other than a tanker anywhere into the sea or from a foreign ship other than a tanker within the coastal waters of India except where each of the following conditions is satisfied, namely:-- (a) the ship is proceeding en-route; (b) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed sixty litres per mile; (c) the oil content of the discharge is less than one hundred parts per million parts of the oily mixture; (d) the discharge is made as far from nearest land as practicable; and (e) the ship is not within the designated areas notified as such under sub-section (6) of section 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976. (3) The discharge of oil or oily mixture into the sea from any off-shore installation is hereby prohibited.
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