ABSTRACT
Article 7 (1) The courts of the country in which the arrest was made shall have jurisdiction to determine
the case upon its merits if the domestic law of the country in which the arrest is made gives jurisdiction to such courts or in any of the following cases namely:
(a) if the claimant has his habitual residence or principal place of business in the country in which the arrest was made;
(b) if the claim arose in the country in which the arrest was made; (c) if the claim concerns the voyage of the ship during which the arrest was made; (d) if the claim arose out of a collision or in circumstances covered by article 13 of the
International Convention for the unification of certain rules of law with respect to collisions between vessels, signed at Brussels on 23rd September 1910;
(e) if the claim is for salvage; (f) if the claim is upon a mortgage or hypothecation of the ship arrested. (2) If the court within whose jurisdiction the ship was arrested has not jurisdiction to decide
upon the merits, the bail or other security given in accordance with article 5 to procure the release of the ship shall specifically provide that it is given as security for the satisfaction of any judgment which may eventually be pronounced by a court having jurisdiction so to decide and the court or other appropriate judicial authority of the country in which the arrest is made shall fix the time within which the claimant shall bring an action before a court having such jurisdiction.
