Clause 2

The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 16, the following section:“Restriction on enforcement of judgments given by court in country not party to Convention16A. Notwithstanding Part I of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act [Cap. 265] and any rule of law relating to recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, any judgment given by a court in a country which is not a Convention country in respect of any liability for oil pollution incurred by the owner of a ship in that country may be recognised and enforced by the Court only up to the limit of liability prescribed by section 6.”.