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For the purpose of preventing or reducing discharges of harmful substances or mixtures containing such substances from the oil tankers or other ships, the Central Government may make rules requiring Indian oil tankers and other Indian ships to be fitted with such equipment and to comply with such requirements for construction, survey of equipment and structure of such oil tankers or other ships and specifying conditions for making of surveys of all oil tankers or other ships, as may be prescribed, prior to issuing an international pollution prevention certificate. Explanation.-- For the purposes of this section, "harmful substance" means any substance which, if introduced into the sea, is liable to create hazards to human health, harm living resources and marine life, damage amenities or interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea, and includes any substance subject to control by the Convention.]] Inserted by Act 25 of 1970, Section 17 (w.e.f. 31-5-1970) and Substituted by Act 12 of 1983, Section 11 (w.e.f. 18/05/1983). Substituted by Act 59 of 2003, Section 2, for Section 356E (w.e.f. 01/03/2004) (See Annexe).