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Section 222: Recovery of fines and judgment debts from ship owners

Merchant Shipping Act · PART XI: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

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222. Recovery of fines and judgment debts from ship owners Without prejudice to any enactment relating to the recovery of fines or of judgment debts— (a) where the owner of a ship, who is convicted of an offence under this Act, fails to pay any fine imposed on him, the amount due may be recovered in the manner a mortgage debt in favour of the State in respect of the ship would have been recovered; and (b) any judgment debt against the owner of a ship may be recovered in the manner a mortgage debt in favour of the judgment creditor in respect of the ship would have been recovered.

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