Section 37: Power of court to prohibit transfer.––Where the ship is registered in Pakistan the High

37. Power of court to prohibit transfer.––Where the ship is registered in Pakistan the High Court and in the case of a port of registry established outside Pakistan under this Ordinance, the principal Civil Court having jurisdiction, may if it thinks fit, without prejudice to the exercise of any other power, on the application of any interested person make an order prohibiting for a time specified any dealing with a ship or any share therein and the court may make the order thereon on such terms or conditions it thinks just, or may refuse to make the order, or may discharge the order when made, with or without costs and every registrar, without being made a party to the proceeding, shall on being served with the order obey the same.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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