Section 3

If any oil or mixture containing oil is discharged from a Singapore ship into any part of the sea outside the territorial limits of Singapore, the owner, the agent or the master of such ship shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of not less than $500 and not exceeding $500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

The Minister may make regulations to exempt any Singapore ship from the operation of subsection (1), either absolutely or subject to any prescribed conditions, and either generally or as respects particular classes of ships, or in relation to particular descriptions of oil or mixture containing oil or to the discharge of oil or mixture containing oil in prescribed circumstances, or in relation to particular areas of the sea.