Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994 · Updated to 1 Jun 2015 · Part II · Civil Liability for Oil and Bunker Oil Pollution
Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994 · Updated to 1 Jun 2015 · Part II · Civil Liability for Oil and Bunker Oil Pollution
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
No action to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under section 3 or 3A shall be considered by any Court in Malaysia unless the action is commenced within three years from the date the pollution damage occurred or within six years from the date of the incident which caused the pollution damage, and where the incident consists of a series of occurrences, the six years’ period shall run from the date of the first such occurrence.
Court
“Court” means the High Court in Malaya and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, as the case may be;
Court
“Court” means the High Court in Malaya and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, as the case may be;
incident
“incident” means any occurrence, or series of occurrences having the same origin, which causes pollution damage or creates a grave and imminent threat of causing such damage;
pollution damage
“pollution damage” means— (a) loss or damage caused outside a ship by contamination resulting from the discharge or escape of oil or bunker oil from the ship, wherever such discharge or escape may occur, provided that compensation for impairment of the environment other than loss of profit from such impairment shall be limited to costs and reasonable measures of reinstatement actually undertaken or to be undertaken; and (b) the costs of preventive measures and further loss or damage caused by preventive measures;
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