OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS ACT

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LAWS OF THE FEDERATION OF NIGERIA

OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS ACT

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1. Discharge of certain oils into prohibited sea areas
2. Designation of prohibited sea areas
3. Discharge of oil into the waters of Nigeria.
4. Special defences under sections 1 and 3.
5. Equipment in ships to prevent oil pollution.
6. Penalties for offences under sections 1, 3, and 5,
7. Keeping records of matters relating to oil.
8. Facilities in harbours for disposal of oil residues.
9. Restrictions on transfer of oil at night.
10. Duty to report discharges of oil into waters of harbours
11. Powers of inspection 12. Prosecutions.
12. Enforcement and application of fines
13. General provisions as to application of Act to grant exemptions.
14. Power to grant exemptions
15. Application of Act to Government owned ships
16. Enforcement of Convention relating to oil pollution
17. Annual report
18. Financial Provisions
19. Interpretation.
20. Short title.

SCHEDULE – PROHIBITED SEA AREAS

Note – The measurements used in this Act are English measurements; and they are to be converted into the metric measurements as and when required.

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OIL IN NAVIGABLE WATERS ACT

An Act to implement the terms of the International Convention for the prevention of pollution of the Sea by Oil 1954 to 1962 and to make provisions for such prevention in the navigable waters of Nigeria.

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[COMMENCEMENT]                  [22nd April 1968]

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