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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 352

DEFINITIONS - In this Part, under the context otherwise requires,

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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 352 is part of Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 - DEFINITIONS - In this Part, under the context otherwise requires,. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

a) "claim" means a personal claim or property claim; 325(b) "Convention" means the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims, 1976 as amended from time to time.

(c) "Fund", in relation to a vessel, means the limitation Fund constituted under section 352C-;

(d) "liability", in relation to owner of a vessel, includes liability of the vessel herself;

(e) "occurrence" means an occurrence referred to in sub-section (1) of section 352A-;

(f) "personal claim" means a claim resulting from loss of life or personal injury;

(g) "property claim" means any claim other than a personal claim arising from an occurrence. 326(h) "salvor" means any person rendering services in direct connection with salvage operations.

Explanation."For the purpose of this clause, "salvage operations" includes"

(i) the raising, removal, destruction or the rendering a ship harmless which is sunk, wrecked, stranded or abandoned including anything that is or has been on board such ship;

(ii) the removal, destruction or rendering the cargo of a ship harmless; and (iii) the measures taken to avert or minimise loss to a ship or its cargo or both; 326(i) "ship owner" means owner, charterer, manager and operator of a seagoing ship; 326(j') "Special Drawing Rights" means Special Drawing Rights as determined by the International Monetary Fund.'.

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Section Section 352 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (DEFINITIONS - In this Part, under the context otherwise requires,) is reproduced on this page as part of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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