3A. "Liability for bunker oil pollution

The owner of a ship at the time of an incident, or where the incident consists of a series of occurrences having the same origin, at the time of the first occurrence, shall, except as otherwise provided for by this Act, be liable for any pollution damage caused by the ship as a result of the incident in any area of Malaysia.

Where more than one person is liable in accordance with subsection (1), their liability shall be joint and several.

Further, the owner of the ship shall be liable for any pollution damage caused to any area of any other Bunkers Convention country as a result of any incident specified in subsection (1).

Where an incident involving two or more ships occurs and pollution damage results from the incident, the owners of all the ships concerned shall, unless exonerated under section 4, be jointly and severally liable for all such pollution damage which is not reasonably separable.".