Section 17: Pollution and dumping outside internal waters, contiguous zone, territorial sea or

17. Pollution and dumping outside internal waters, contiguous zone, territorial sea or exclusive economic zone.—(1) When a foreign ship which voluntarily within a port or at an off-shore terminal of Pakistan has caused marine pollution or dumping as defined in sections 14 and 15, outside the internal waters, the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, which has caused or is likely to cause pollution in the internal waters, the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone, the master and the person in charge of such ship shall be deemed to have committed the offence liable for the punishment under section 27. (2) The owner and agent of the ship mentioned in sub-section (1) shall also be deemed to have committed the offence liable for punishment under section 27 unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of that offence.

Effective date: 2023-04-26

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