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Section 1: Short title, application and commencement.

The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017Central Act · Act 22 of 2017

(1) This Act may be called the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017.

(2) It shall apply to every vessel, irrespective of the place of residence or domicile of the owner:

Provided that this Act shall not apply to an inland vessel defined in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Inland Vessels Act, 1917 (1 of 1917), or a vessel under construction that has not been launched unless it is notified by the Central Government to be a vessel for the purposes of this Act:

Provided further that this Act shall not apply to a warship, naval auxiliary or other vessel owned or operated by the Central or a State Government and used for any non-commercial purpose, and, shall also not apply to a foreign vessel which is used for any non-commercial purpose as may be notified by the Central Government.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

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ActThe Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
Section1
Marginal noteShort title, application and commencement.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • other. 1st April, 2018, vide notification No. S.O. 767(E), dated 22nd February, 2018, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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