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

Pays/Territoire
Ghana
Type du document
Règlement
Date
1964
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Official publication, pp. 1-17.
Titre complet
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.
Sujet
Mer, Environnement gén.
Mot clé
Pollution de la mer Lutte contre la pollution Pollution par les hydrocarbures
Aire géographique
Afrique, Atlantique Nord, Afrique de l'Ouest
Résumé

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”.

Texte intégral
Anglais