Ship recycling must comply international
rules, suggests draft law, "The Bangladesh Ship Recycling Law, 2017"
The cabinet on Monday gave its final nod to
draft "The Bangladesh Ship Recycling Law, 2017", keeping provisions
for tougher punishments to streamline the country's ship recycling industry.
The approval came from the regular weekly
meeting of the cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat with premier Sheikh
Hasina in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, cabinet
secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said under the section 4 of the proposed law, a
zone would be established in Chittagong for the ship recycling industry and the
industry owners would have to set up yards and conduct their activities within
the zone.
Besides, he said, the ship recycling
industries would 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 industries ministry as its chairman.
The other members of the board include 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 association to be nominated by the government and the director
general 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 of Tk
3 million fine or both.
Alam said the punishment for importing ship
without NOC is two years jail or minimum Tk 1 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 500,000 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
lakh as fine which could be as high as Tk 3 million.
Source:
prothom alo. 30 January 2017
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