ABSTRACT

List of Documents ...................................................................................................................... 576 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 579 General Comments ..................................................................................................................... 580

Article 1 Paragraph 1-Open/closed list ............................................................... 584 Paragraph 1-The individual maritime claims ...................................... 591 Paragraph 2-Definition of ‘‘Arrest’’ ..................................................... 622 Paragraph 3-Definition of ‘‘Person’’ .................................................... 627 Paragraph 4-Definition of ‘‘Claimant’’ ................................................ 628 Paragraph 5-Definition of ‘‘Court’’ ...................................................... 628 Definitions not inserted ........................................................................... 629

Article 2 Powers of arrest ....................................................................................... 631 Paragraph 1 .............................................................................................. 631 Paragraph 2 .............................................................................................. 632 Arrest of ships ready to sail ................................................................... 634 Paragraph 3 .............................................................................................. 639 Paragraph 4 .............................................................................................. 641

Article 3 Exercise of the right of arrest ................................................................. 647 Paragraph 1 .............................................................................................. 647 Paragraph 2 .............................................................................................. 672 Paragraph 3 .............................................................................................. 694

Article 4 Release from arrest ................................................................................. 697 Paragraph 1 .............................................................................................. 697 Paragraph 2 .............................................................................................. 700 Paragraph 3 .............................................................................................. 704 Paragraphs 4 and 5 .................................................................................. 705 Paragraph 6 .............................................................................................. 710

Article 5 Right of rearrest and multiple arrest ...................................................... 711

Article 6 Protection of owners and demise charterers of arrested ships .............. 719

Article 7 Jurisdiction on the merits of the case ..................................................... 730

Article 8 Application .............................................................................................. 746

Article 9 Non-creation of maritime liens ............................................................... 756

Article 10 Reservations ............................................................................................. 757

LIST OF DOCUMENTS

DRAFT ARTICLES

Draft of the CMI International Sub-Committee: Draft Revision of the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Sea-Going Ships, Document Arrest 32/II-1985, Lisboa I, p. 168.