Prevention & Provision for containment of oil pollution under MS act 1958
With respect to MS act 1958 as amended, prevention and provision for containment of accidental pollution of the sea by oil is given in part XI A. sections 356A to 356I deals with the prevention and provision for containment. 356 A:- Applies only on oil tankers of 150 GT or more and other ships of 400 GT or above and offshore installations. Sections deals with incident of marine casualty or acts relating to such casualty occurring with grave and imminent danger to Indian coastline by deliberate, negligent or accidental release of oil into sea including such incidents occurring on high seas. 356 C:- No Indian oil tankers or other ships shall proceed to sea unless there is in force, in respect to that ship, a certificate issued by central government to be called an IOPP certificate. 356 E:- For the purpose of preventing or reducing discharges of harmful substances or mixtures containing such substances from oil tankers or other ships, the central government may make ru...