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Section 7

Entry into ports of vessels carrying petroleum

of Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984

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Section 7
(1)

No vessel having petroleum on board as cargo shall enter the limits of any port, except for the purpose of proceeding direct to the petroleum anchorage or to such other place exempted from the provisions of this section without the permission of the port officer previously obtained in writing.

(2)

A permission given by the port officer under this section shall contain such conditions as in the circumstances of the case appear to him to be reasonable.

(3)

The master of the vessel who enters any port in contravention of this section, or any of the conditions of the permission, shall be guilty

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of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand ringgit and the petroleum in respect of which the offence is alleged to have been committed may be seized and shall be liable to forfeiture.