Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Act, 2001 (No. 11 of 2001). Country/Territory Bahamas Document type Legislation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to amend the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act. Subject Sea, Environment gen. Keyword Marine pollution Offences/penalties Geographical area Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States Abstract The First Schedule to the principal Act is amended by deleting subparagraph (4) of paragraph 7 and substituting therefore the following – “(4) Where a person specified in subparagraph (1), (2) or (3) contravenes that subparagraph, that person is guilty of an offence and is liable - (a) on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars; or (b) on conviction on information to a fine of one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.”. Full text English References - Legislation Amends Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act, 1976 (Cap. 275). Legislation | Bahamas | 1976 (2009) Keyword: Marine pollution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Oil pollution, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX