ABSTRACT
(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:
if the claimant has his habitual residence or principal place of business in the country in which the arrest was made;
if the claim arose in the country in which the arrest was made;
if the claim concerns the voyage of the ship during which the arrest was made;
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;
if the claim is for salvage;
if the claim is upon a mortgage or hypothecation of the ship arrested.
