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Merchant Shipping Act (No. 52 of 1971) - Sect 288

Provision as to jurisdiction over offences

288. For the purpose of giving jurisdiction under this Act, every offence shall be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint to have arisen, either-
(a) in the place in which such offence or cause of complaint was committed or arose; or
(b) in any place in which the alleged offender or person complained against may be.

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