Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994 · s 3

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s 3Liability for oil pollution

(1)

The owner of a ship at the time of an incident, or where the incident consists of a series of occurrences, at the time of the first

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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 area of Malaysia.

(2)

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

(3)

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.