Section 585: Jurisdiction in case of offences on board.––Where any person, being a citizen of — Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2001

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585. Jurisdiction in case of offences on board.––Where any person, being a citizen of Pakistan is charged with having committed any offence on board any Pakistani ship on the high seas, or in any foreign port or harbour, or on board any ship other than a Pakistani ship to which he does not belong, or, not being a citizen of Pakistan, is charged with having committed any offence on board any Pakistani ship on the high seas, and that person is found within the jurisdiction of any Court or Magistrate which would have had jurisdiction to take cognizance of the offence if it had been committed on board a Pakistani ship within the limits of its or his ordinary jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to try the offence as if it had been so committed.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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