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s 28 Special defences
Where any person is charged for any offence under section 27 it shall be a defence to prove that such discharge or spillage was—
(a) for the purpose of securing the safety of the vessel;
(b) for the purpose of saving human life;
(c) the result of damage to the vessel and that all reasonable steps were taken to prevent, to stop or to reduce the spillage;
(d) the result of a leakage, which was not due to want of care, and that all reasonable steps have been taken to stop or reduce the leakage; or
(e) the result of an effluent produced by operation for the refining of oil, and that all reasonable steps had been taken to eliminate oil from the effluent and that it was not reasonably practicable to dispose of the effluent otherwise than by discharging or spilling it into the Malaysian waters.
Malay text (authoritative)
Jika :seseorang dipertuduh atas sesuatu kesalahan di dinn636 bawah seksyen 26 atau 27 maka adalah menjadi suatu pembelaan baginya membuktikan bahawa pelepasan atau penumpahan itu adalah—
(a) bagi maksud menjamin keselamatan vesal;
(b) bagi maksud menyelamatkan nyawa manusia;
(c) akibat kerosakan kepada vesal dan bahawa segala langkah yang menasabah telah diambil untuk mengelak, menghenti atau mengurangkan pertumpahan itu;
(d) akibat sesuatu kebocoran, yang bukan disebabkan oleh tıdak adanya kecermatan, dan bahawa segala langkah yang menasabah telah diambil untuk menghenti atau mengurangkan kebocoran itu
(e) akibat suatu pengaliran yang disebabkan oleh kerja pembersihan minyak, dan bahawa segala langkah yang menasabah telah diambil untuk menghapuskan minyak itu dari pengaliran itu dan bahawa mêlupus- ‹ani pengaliran itu dengan apa-apa cara yang lan larıpada melepas atau menumpahkannya ke dalar perairan Malaysia tidak boleh dipraktikkan dengan menasabah. AA453
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
