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Oil in Navigable Waters Act, 1964 (Act 235).

Country/Territory
Ghana
Document type
Regulation
Date
1964
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official publication, pp. 1-17.
Long title
An Act to enable effect to be given to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, and otherwise to make new provision for preventing the pollution of the sea and of navigable waters by oil.
Subject
Sea, Environment gen.
Keyword
Marine pollution Pollution control Oil pollution
Geographical area
Africa, North Atlantic, Western Africa
Abstract

This Act concerns pollution of marine waters by oil. It gives effect in Ghana to provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil of 1954. Section 1 prohibits discharge of oil in sea areas designated under section 2 as prohibited sea areas. Section 3 concerns discharge of oil in Ghanaian waters. Section 4 concerns defences of persons charged with offences prescribed by preceding sections. Ships registered in Ghana shall be equipped as prescribed in section 5 so as to avoid oil pollution. Section 7 imposes the requirement to keep records relating to oil according to indications set out in sections 8 and 9. Other provisions of this Act deal with port facilities for oil disposal (sect. 110, restrictions of transfer of oil at night (sect. 12), inspection, prosecution ad enforcement (sects. 13 to 20), interpretation (sect. 21). The First Schedule specifies “prohibited zones”.

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