Section 29
Power to exempt.
The Recycling of Ships Act, 2019
About this Act
An Act to provide for the regulation of recycling of ships by setting certain standards and laying down the statutory mechanism for enforcement of such standards and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Central Government
may, by order in writing and upon such conditions, if any, as it may think fit to impose, exempt any
vessel or any class thereof, ship recycling facility or Ship Recycler from any specified requirement
contained in or prescribed in pursuance of this Act or dispense with the observance of any such
requirement, if it is satisfied that the requirement has been substantially complied with or that compliance
with the requirement is or ought to be dispensed within the circumstances of the case.
(2) Where an exemption granted under sub-section (1) is subject to any conditions, a breach of any of those conditions shall, without prejudice to any other remedy, be deemed to be an offence under this Act.
(2) Where an exemption granted under sub-section (1) is subject to any conditions, a breach of any of those conditions shall, without prejudice to any other remedy, be deemed to be an offence under this Act.