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Section 186: Arrest and sale of ship if ship owner, etc., unable to satisfy claims for compensation.

The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025Central Act · Act 24 of 2025

(1) Where the High Court makes an order for compensation which the ship owner has not complied with and such owner has not established a fund, an application may be made by a person entitled to compensation to that court to arrest the ship responsible for the incident or any ship owned by such person.

(2) The High Court may direct the amount remaining unpaid after determination of liability of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, in accordance with Chapter V of this Part, to be levied by distress and sale of the ship and her equipment in accordance with this Act.

(3) The High Court or the Central Government shall have the power to detain any ship involved in an incident of oil pollution, until the ship owner has established a fund in accordance with section 182, or has duly complied with the order for compensation under sub-section (4) of section 185, whichever is earlier.

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ActThe Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section186
Marginal noteArrest and sale of ship if ship owner, etc., unable to satisfy claims for compensation.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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