Section 578: Place of trial.––Any person committing any offence under this Ordinance or any rule — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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578. Place of trial.––Any person committing any offence under this Ordinance or any rule or regulation made thereunder may be tried for the offence in any place in which he may be found, or which the Federal Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct in this behalf, or in any other place in which he might be tried under any other law for the time being in force.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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