CONSTRUCTION
| 11. |
Insofar as it does not conflict
with any other provision of this Act or any statutory law of Vanuatu, the
nonstatutory general maritime law of the United States of America is hereby
declared to be and is hereby adopted as the general maritime law in respect of
all vessels registered under this
Act. |
| 12. |
If any provision of this Act, or
the application of any such provision to any circumstances or persons, natural
or corporate, shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act
and the applicability of such provisions to other circumstances or persons,
individual or corporate, shall not be affected
thereby. |
13.
8 of
89 |
Except as expressly provided in
this Act, any person who is convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction of a
violation of any of the provisions of this Act or of rules and regulations
thereunder shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25,000
dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or to both. |
| 14. |
All causes of action arising out
of, or under, this Act are hereby declared and shall be cognizable before the
Supreme Court of Vanuatu but, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Act, the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to deprive other courts
elsewhere, of jurisdiction to enforce such causes of
action. |
15.
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(1) |
Appeal from any decision of a
Deputy Commissioner or Special Agent, pursuant to any provision of this Act or
any rule and regulation made thereunder, may be made to the Commissioner. |
| 8 of
89 |
(2) |
Any person aggrieved by the
decision of the Commissioner, upon any appeal made to him under subsection (1),
or by any decision of the Commissioner pursuant to any other provisions of this
Act or rules and regulations made thereunder, may appeal from that decision to
the Maritime Appeals Tribunal established under the Maritime Authority Act No.
29 of 1998. |
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