Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)

Chapter V : Safety of Ships and Life at Sea

Part IV : Collisions, accidents at sea, and limitation of liability

263. Application of this Part to persons other than the owners
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(1)Any obligation imposed by this Part upon any owner of a ship shall be imposed also upon any person (other than the owner) who is responsible for the fault of the ship; and in any case where, by virtue of any charter or lease, or for any other reason, the owner is not responsible for the navigation and management of the ship, this Part shall be construed to impose any such obligation upon the charterer or other person for the time being so responsible, and not upon the owner.

 

(2)For the purposes of section 261 the word "owner" in relation to a ship shall include any charterer, any person interested in or in possession of such ship, and a manager or operator of such ship.

[Section 263(2) inserted by section 8 of Act No. 3 of 1981]