Merchant Shipping (International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act, 2013 (Act No. 24 of 2013)

Protocol

Protocol of 1992 to Amend the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971

Part A1 : International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1971

Transitional Provisions
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Article 35

 

1. The Fund shall incur no obligation whatsoever under Article 4 or 5 in respect of incidents occurring within a period of one hundred and twenty days after the entry into force of this Convention.

 

2. Claims for compensation under Article 4 and claims for indemnification under Article 5, arising from incidents occurring later than one hundred and twenty days but not later than two hundred and forty days after the entry into force of this Convention may not be brought against the Fund prior to the elapse of the two hundred and fortieth day after the entry into force of this Convention.

 

Article 36

 

The Secretary-General of the Organization shall convene the first session of the Assembly. This session shall take place as soon as - possible after entry into force of this Convention and, in any case, not more than thirty days after such entry into force.