Section 10: Duty to report discharges of oil into waters of harbours.

(1) If any oil or mixture containing oil-
(a) is discharged from a vessel into the waters of a harbour in Nigeria for the purposes of securing the safety of the vessel, or of preventing damage to the vessel or her cargo or of saving life; or
(b) is found to be escaping, or to have escaped, into any such waters from a vessel in consequence of damage to the vessel, or by reason of leakage; or
(c) is found to be escaping or have escaped into any such waters from a place on land,
the owner or master of the vessel or the occupier of the place on land, as the case may be, shall forthwith report the occurrence to the harbour master, stating, in the case of a report by the owner or master of a vessel, whether it falls within paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subsection, and, if he fails to do so, shall be guilty of an offence under this section:
Provided that if the harbour has no harbour master the report shall be made to the harbour authority.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding N400.