Section 382: Carriage of dangerous goods

382. Carriage of dangerous goods.—(1) The Federal Government may, by notifiction in the official Gazette, make rules for regulating, in the interest of safety, the carriage of dangerous goods in ships. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for the classification of such goods, the packing, marking and stowing of such goods or any class of such goods, and the fixing of the maximum quantity of any such class of goods which may be carried in different ships or classes of ships, and such other matters relating to dangerous goods as required to be provided for implementing the provisions of the Safety Convention. (3) The owner, master or agent of a ship carrying or intending to carry any dangerous goods as cargo and about to make a voyage from a port or place in Pakistan shall furnish in advance the prescribed particulars of the ship and the cargo to the Principal Officer, or to such other officer as may be specified, for the purpose. (4) A surveyor may inspect the ship for the purpose of ensuring that the rules made under this section are complied with. (5) If any of the rules made under this section is not complied with in relation to any ship, the owner or master of the ship shall be liable to a fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees and the ship shall be deemed for purposes of this Part to be an unsafe ship. (6) This section shall apply, in the same manner as it applies to Pakistani ships, to ships other than Pakistani ships while they are within any port in Pakistan or are embarking or disembarking passengers or are loading or discharging cargo or fuel within Pakistan jurisdiction. Explanation.–– In this section the expression “dangerous goods” means goods which by reason of the nature, quantity or mode of stowage are either singly or collectively liable to endanger the life or the health of persons on or nearer the ship or to imperil the ship and includes all substances within the meaning of the expression “explosive” as defined in the Explosives Act, 1884 (IV of 1884), and any other goods which the Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify as dangerous goods but shall not include,— (a) any fog or distress signals or other stores or equipment required to be carried by the ship under this Ordinance or the rules regulations there under; and (b) particular cargoes carried in ships specially built or converted as a whole for that purpose, such as tankers.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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