Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
Bare Act · 2017
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to admiralty jurisdiction, legal proceedings in connection with vessels, their arrest, detention, sale and other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 22 of 2017
- Enacted
- 9 August 2017
- Contents
- 18 sections · 4 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Admiralty Jurisdiction And Maritime Claims
- Section 3 – Admiralty jurisdiction
- Section 4 – Maritime claim
- Section 5 – Arrest of vessel in rem
- Section 6 – Admiralty jurisdiction in personam (preview)
- Section 7 – Restrictions on actions in personam in certain cases (preview)
- Section 8 – Vesting of rights on sale of vessels (preview)
- Section 9 – Inter se priority on maritime lien (preview)
- Section 10 – Order of priority of maritime claims (preview)
- Section 11 – Protection of owner, demise charterer, manager or operator or crew of vessel arrested (preview)
Chapter III — Procedure And Appeals
- Section 12 – Application of Code of Civil Procedure (preview)
- Section 13 – Assistance of assessors (preview)
- Section 14 – Appeal (preview)
- Section 15 – Transfer of proceedings by Supreme Court (preview)
Chapter IV — Miscellaneous
- Section 16 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 17 – Repeal and savings (preview)
- Section 18 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)