Singapore legislation

Clause 16

of Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Bill

Clause 16

Jurisdiction of Singapore courts and registration of foreign judgments

(1)

Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 3 of the High Court (Admiralty Jurisdiction) Act (Cap. 6) shall be construed as extending to any claim in respect of a liability incurred by the owner of a ship under this Act.

(2)

Where any oil is discharged or escapes from a ship but does not result in any damage caused by contamination in the area of Singapore and no measures are reasonably taken to prevent or reduce such damage in that area, no court in Singapore shall entertain an action (whether in rem or in personam) to enforce a claim arising from —

(a)

any damage caused in the area of another Convention country by contamination resulting from the discharge or escape;

(b)

any cost incurred in taking measures to prevent or reduce such damage in the area of another Convention country; or

(c)

any damage caused by any measures so taken.

(3)

Part I of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (Cap. 25) shall apply, whether or not it would so apply apart from this section, to any judgment given by a court in a Convention country to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under any provision corresponding to section 3, and in its application to such a judgment that Part shall have effect with the omission of subsections (2) and (3) of section 5 of that Act.

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