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by the owner. Such a fund nnty be nmsiiii tiled even in tht* even! of 

 the jictual fault or privity of (lie owner but its ((nislitutioii sliall in 

 that case not prejudice the rights of any chiiinaiit against the owner. 



Akt[(.'LE VI 



1. Where the owner, after an incident, luis constituted ti fund in 

 accordance with Article V, and is entitled to limit his liability, 



(a) no person having a claim for pollution danuige ansing out 

 of that incident shall be entitled to exercise any right against 

 any other assets of the owner in respect of such claim; 



(b) the Court or other competent authority of any Contracting 

 State shall order the release of «iny ship or other property belong- 

 ing to the owner which has been arrested in resj)ect of a claim for 

 j>ollution damage arising out of that incident, and shall similarly 

 release any bail or other se<'iuily furnished to avoid such arrest. 



2. The foreo;oing shall, however, oidy apply if the clainnmt has 

 access to the Court administering the fund and the fund is actually 

 available in respect of his claim. 



Article VII 



1 . The owner of a ship registered in a Contracting State and carrying 

 more than 2,000 tons of oil in bidk as cargo shall be required to nuiin- 

 tain insurance or other financial security, such as the ginirantee of 

 a bank or a certificate delivered by an international compensation 

 fund, in the sums fixed by applying the limits of liabilit}^ prescribed 

 in Article V, i)aragraph 1 to cover his liability for pollution damage 

 under this Convention. 



2. A certificate attesting that insurance or other financial securitv 

 is in force in accordance with the provisions of this Convention siiaii 

 be issued to each ship. It shall be issued or certified by the a|)propriate 

 authority of the State of the ship's registry after determining that the 

 requirements of paragra])h 1 of this Article have been comi)lied w ith. 

 This certificate shall be in the form of the annexed model and shall 

 contain the following particulars: 



(a) name of ihip and port of registration; 



(6) name and principal ))lace of business of owner; 



(e) type of security; 



) name and principal place of business of insurer or other 

 person dving security and, where appropriate, place of business 

 where the insurance or sei'urity is established; 



(r) neriod of validity of certificate which shall not be longer 

 than tne neriod of validity of the insurance or other security. 



3. The certincato shall bo in the official language or languages of the 

 issuing State. If the language used is neither English nor French, the 

 text shall include a translation into one of these languages. 



4. The certificate shall be carried on board tlio ship and a copy shall 

 be deposited with the authorities who keep the record of the ship's 

 registry. 



5. An insurance or other financial sc^curitv shall not satisfy the re- 

 quirements of this Article if it can cease, for reasons other than the 

 expiry of the i)eriod of validity of the insurance or security specified 



