Section 2

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(1)

In this Ordinance—

“antiquity” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance, 1993 [Cap. 6];

[Ins. Cap. A105.]

“barrage” means any barrier or structure erected on a river to regulate the flow or volume of water in the river or for the purposes of controlling fluvial or tidal waters, and includes shiplocks and other integral facilities;

[Ins. Cap. A46]

“Board” means the Sarawak Rivers Board established under section 3;

“Controller” means the Controller of Rivers appointed under section 10, and includes any officer discharging the duty of the

Controller;

“goods” includes goods or burden of any description;

“master” includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of a vessel;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for rivers;

“passenger” includes any person carried in a vessel other than the master or crew;

“permit” means a permit issued under section 15;

“pollutant” means crude oil, diesel oil, fuel oil, lubrication oil or any substance whether liquid, solid or gaseous which is hazardous or potentially hazardous to public health, or to fish or aquatic life, or to plants, and includes minerals or radioactive chemicals or properties;

“port” means the navigable waters of a port specified in the

First Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Ports and Rivers)

Regulations, 1961 [G.N.S. 43/1961];

“river” means any port, river, channel or foreshore declared to be a river under section 11;

“riverine traffic fee” means the fee approved by the Majlis

Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri to be imposed by the Board under section 12(2)(k);

[Ins. Cap. A127.]

“Riverine Transport Officer” includes the Controller and any officer appointed under section 10;

“shiplock” means a facility which is part of a barrage provided to raise or lower water levels in the barrage for the passage of vessels;

[Ins. Cap. A46.]

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“vessel” means and includes any ship, boat or canoe, or other description of vessel used in navigation, however propelled;

“wreck” includes any abandoned or discarded vessel, jetsam and floatsam found in rivers.

[Ins. Cap. A80.]