Singapore legislation
Clause 8
Clause 8
Repeal and saving
(1)
Section 480 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance (which relates to the detention of ships in certain cases) is hereby repealed but nothing in this Ordinance shall affect the provisions of section 373 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance (which relates to the power of a receiver of wreck to detain a ship in respect of a salvage claim).
(2)
The provisions of paragraph (c) of section 17 of the Courts Ordinance (Cap. 3) shall have effect subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3)
Nothing in this Ordinance shall authorise proceedings in rem in respect of any claim against the Crown, or the arrest, detention or sale of any of Her Majesty’s ships or Her Majesty’s aircraft, or of any cargo or other property belonging to the Crown.In this subsection “Her Majesty’s ships” and “Her Majesty’s aircraft” have the meanings assigned to them by subsection (2) of section 38 of the Crown Proceedings Act, 1947. [10 and 11 Geo. 6 c. 44.]