3.If any oil or other pollutant is discharged or escapes into Sri Lanka waters from any ship, or from any apparatus used for transferring oil or other pollutant to or from a ship (whether to or from a place on land or from another ship) or from an off-shore installation or from a pipe line or from any place on land or as the result of any operation for the exploration of the seabed or subsoil or the exploration of the natural resources thereof, then, subject to the provisions of this Act"
| (a) where the discharge or escape is from a ship, the owner, operator, master or the agent of the ship; or |
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| (b) where the discharge or escape occurs during the course of transferring oil or a pollutant to or from a ship, the owner or the master of the ship, or where the discharge or escape is from any apparatus used for transferring oil or a pollutant, the owner or the person in charge of the apparatus ; or |
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| (c) where the discharge or escape is from an off-shore installation or as the result of any operations for the exploration of the seabed or subsoil or the exploration of the natural resources thereof, the owner or the occupier of that installation or the person carrying on the operation or the person in charge of the operation ; or |
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| (d) where the discharge or escape is from a pipe line, the owner or operator of the pipe line ; or |
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| (e) where the discharge or escape is from a place on land, the owner or the occupier of that place, or if the discharge, or escape is caused by the act of another person who is in that place without the permission (express or implied) of the owner or occupier, that person, , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one million rupees. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts