Section 399: Costs, etc., payable by Federal Government to be recovered from complainant.–– — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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399. Costs, etc., payable by Federal Government to be recovered from complainant.–– Where a ship is detained in consequence of any complaint and the circumstances are such that the Federal Government is liable under this Chapter to pay to the owner of the ship any costs or compensation, the complainant shall be liable to pay to Federal Government all such costs and compensation as the Federal Government incurs, or is liable to pay, in respect of the detention and survey of the ship.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

Related sections

Section 398: Power to require from complainant security for costs.––When a complaint is made Section 400: Application to ships other than Pakistani ships of provisions as to detention.––Section 397: Method of calculating costs of detention and survey.––For the purposes of this Section 401: Detention, etc., of foreign ships in cases to which section 400 does not apply.––Section 396: Liability of ship owner for costs when ship rightly detained.––If a ship is Section 402: Exemption of ships from certain provisions of the Chapter.–––Nothing in this

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