The cabinet has approved the draft of the
‘Bangladesh Ship Recycling Bill, 2015’ in order to limit the ship industry to
some designated areas from now on and also given nod to the draft of the ‘Petroleum
Bill, 2015’.
The drafts were approved at the 70th cabinet
meeting held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with prime minister Sheikh Hasina in
the chair on Monday.
According to the draft of the ship recycling
bill, the government would fix some designated areas for the fastest grown ship
breaking industry and anybody violating this act would be penalised.
Cabinet secretary Muhammad Musharraf Hossain
Bhuiyan said a regulatory authority would monitor the areas meant for the ship
recycling. “Anyone importing, stocking
or breaking ships without permission would be fined with Tk 10,00,000 to Tk
30,00,000 or be imprisoned for one-year term or face both.”
Anyone who would deny to provide necessary
information to the regulatory body would be fined Tk 5,00,00 to Tk 20,00,000 or
imprisoned for six months, he added.
He said the ship breaking industry would be
under the ministry of industries from now on.
Besides, the draft of the Petrolatum Bill, 2015
has been approved in principal with a provision that anyone violating the act
would be fined Tk 10,000 or imprisoned for six months. If anyone violating the
act repeatedly, the penalty would be doubled.
The cabinet secretary said storage and
transportation of petroleum would be more efficient through making the existing
law a time-befitting one.
Source: prothom-alo. 27 July 2015
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