Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6 · Miscellaneous Provisions
25. Sale of ship
Feedback & supportWhere the owner, master or agent of a ship has been convicted of an offence under the provisions of this Act or any regulations made under this Act and any fine imposed in respect of the conviction is not paid at the time ordered by the court, the court has, in addition to any power for enforcing payment, the power to direct the amount remaining unpaid to be levied by distress and sale of the ship, her tackle, furniture and apparel.
owner
“owner”, in relation to a ship, means the person registered as the owner of the ship or, in the absence of registration, the person owning the ship or the bareboat charterer of the ship; and, in the case of a ship owned by a state and operated by a company which in that state is registered as the ship’s operator,