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

País/Territorio
Ghana
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
1964
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Official publication, pp. 1-17.
Título completo
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.
Materia
Mar, Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Contaminación marina Control de la contaminación Contaminación oleosa
Área geográphica
Africa, Atlántico Norte, Africa Occidental
Resumen

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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