Singapore legislation

Clause 14

of Merchant Shipping (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 14

Amendment of section 175

Section 175 of the Merchant Shipping Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “and whenever” and substituting the words “or whenever”; and

(b)

by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection:“(2) Any apportionment of the amount of salvage by the High Court under this section must be made in accordance with Article 15 of the Salvage Convention.”.