A zone for ship recycling industry will be
established in Chittagong and the industry owners will have to set up yards and
conduct their activities within the zone.
The Cabinet on Monday gave approved the draft
of "The Bangladesh Ship Recycling Law, 2017" in this regard.
The approval came from the regular weekly
meeting of the Cabinet held at the Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina in the chair. Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam briefed the
reporters after meeting, reports BSS.
He said that the ship recycling industries
will have to abide by the international law and conventions.
Under the new law, a new 11-member board will
be constituted to oversee the activities of the ship recycling industries with
an additional secretary of the Ministry of Industries as its chairman.
A representative each from the Ministries of
Industries, Forests and Environment, Labour and Employment, and Power, Energy
and Mineral Resources, NBR, Chittagong Port Authority, President of the Ship
Recycling Industries Association, and two members from the Ship Recycling
Industries Association and the Director General of the Board will be included
as member of the board.
The board will oversee the activities of the
ship recycling industries and it will sit thrice a year.
About the punishment, the Cabinet Secretary
said that if anyone establishes yard without permission, the punishment for
such offence is maximum two years jail or minimum Tk 1 million or maximum Tk 3
million fine or both.
Alam said the punishment for importing ship
without NOC is two years jail or minimum Tk1 million fine or maximum Tk 3
million fine.
He said that if anybody brings a ship ashore
and recycles it without NOC certificate, then the punishment is also maximum
two years jail or minimum Tk 1 million fine which could be maximum Tk 3
million.
The Cabinet Secretary said that the
punishment for availing facility through fake certificate is maximum five years
jail or minimum Tk 0.5 million as fine or maximum Tk 2 million in fine.
In the case of setting up yards outside of
the zone, he said, the punishment is two years jail or minimum Tk 1 million as
fine which could be as high as Tk 3 million.
Source: the
financial express. 30 Jan 2017
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