annex-i-directorategeneralofshipping（147页）.docVIP

[To be published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India] Government of India Ministry of Shipping Department Of Shipping New Delhi, the 16th April 2010 Notification G.S.R. 329(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (a) and (h) of section 356B, sections 356C, 356E, 356F, 356J, 356-O and 457 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) and in supersession of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Oil from Ships) Rules, 1974, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.? (1) These rules may be called the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Oil from Ships) Rules, 2010. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. PART-1 GENERAL 1A. Definitions.? In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, ? (1) “Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958); (2) amidships means at the middle of the length of the ship; (3) anniversary date means the day and the month of each year, which corresponds to the date of expiry of the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate or the Indian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate; (4) areas, in relation to a ship, means the area calculated in all cases to moulded lines; (5) Breadth means the maximum breadth of the ship, measured amidships to the moulded line of the frame in a ship with a metal shell and to the outer surface of the hull in a ship with a shell of any other material, measured in meters; (6) Centre tank means any tank inboard of a longitudinal bulkhead; (7) “Certificate” means the International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate or, as the case may be, the Indian Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate, issued under rule 7. (8) certifying authority means the Central Government; (9) chemical tanker means a ship constr