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Amendment of
3.
Section 71 of the principal Ordinance is amended
section 71.
(a)
in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), by deleting
"casts or deposits any dead body, ballast,
rubbish, oil or other substance into such
water without the written permission of the
Director, or"; and
Addition of new sections 71A, 718,
71C and 71D.
(b) by deleting subsection (2).
4. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding,
after section 71, the following new sections
"Discharge of oil into Hong Kong waters.
[Cf. 1971,
c.60, s.2.
71A. (1) If any oil or mixture
containing oil is discharged into the
waters of Hong Kong, then the following
shall be guilty of an offence
(a) the person by whom the oil or
mixture containing oil is so
discharged or caused to be
discharged; and
(b) whether or not the person
referred to in paragraph (a) has
been charged with an offence
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(i) if the discharge is from a
vessel, the owner, master, agent
or charterer of the vessel, unless