(1) Where the owner of a ship incurs a liability under section 3 in respect of any one incident, the provision relating to the limitation of liability of the owner of the ship in certain cases of loss or damage under any other written law relating to merchant shipping shall not apply to that liability.
(2) The owner of a ship who incurs a liability under section 3 may limit his liability in accordance with this Act as set out in Part I of this First Schedule.
(3) If it is proved that the pollution damage resulted from an act or omission of the owner of the ship, committed with the intent to cause such damage, or recklessly and with the knowledge that such damage would probably result, he shall not be entitled to limit his liability under subsection (2).
Malay text (authoritative)
Pembatasan liabiliti di bawah seksyen 3
(1) Jika pemunya sesuatu kapal menanggung liabiliti di bawah seksyen 3 berkenaan dengan mana-mana satu insiden, peruntukan yang berhubungan dengan pembatasan liabiliti pemunya kapal dalam hal kerugian atau kerosakan tertentu di bawah mana-mana undangundang bertulis lain yang berhubungan dengan perkapalan saudagar tidaklah terpakai bagi liabiliti itu.
(2) Pemunya sesuatu kapal yang menangung liabiliti di bawah seksyen 3 boleh membataskan liabilitinya mengikut Akta ini sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam Bahagian I Jadual Pertama.
(3) Jika dibuktikan bahawa kerosakan pencemaran berlaku akibat daripada tindakan atau peninggalan pemunya kapal itu, yang dilakukan dengan niat untuk menyebabkan kerosakan itu, atau secara melulu dan dengan mengetahui bahawa kerosakan itu mungkin berlaku, dia tidak berhak untuk membataskan liabilitinya di bawah subseksyen (2).
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).
