REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9483 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9483 [S. No. 2600 & H. No. 4363] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE 1992 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON CIVIL LIABILITY FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE AND THE 1992 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR COMPENSATION FOR OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the Nineteenth day of February, Two Thousand Seven.Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONSSection 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Oil Pollution Compensation Act of 2007”.Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State, in the protection of its marine wealth in its archipelagic waters, territorial sea and exclusive economic zone, adopts internationally accepted measures which impose strict liability for Oil Pollution Damage and ensure prompt ...