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Marine Liability Act

Version of section 34 from 2023-06-22 to 2024-10-30:


Marginal note:Release of ships, etc.

  •  (1) If a ship or other property is released under paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the Convention, in any case other than one in which a fund has been constituted in a place described in paragraphs 2(a) to (d) of that Article, the person who obtained the release is deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of the court that ordered the release for the purpose of determining the claim.

  • Marginal note:Limitation fund in state other than Canada

    (2) In considering whether to release a ship or other property referred to in subsection (1), the court shall not have regard to a limitation fund constituted in a country other than Canada unless the court is satisfied that the country is a State Party to the Convention.

  • 2001, c. 6, s. 34
  • 2023, c. 26, s. 315

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