CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to provide for matters necessary for the procedure for limiting the liability of shipowners, etc. under Articles 769 through 776 of the Commercial Act.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9833, Dec. 29, 2009]
Article 2(Jurisdiction over Liability Limitation Cases) #
A district court having jurisdiction over the registered domicile of the ship against which a claim has been raised but the liability for which may be limited (hereinafter referred to as "limited claim"), general jurisdiction over a petitioner, jurisdiction over the place of accident, or jurisdiction over the place at which the ship involved in an accident arrived first after the accident had occurred or the place at which a petitioner's property has been seized or provisionally seized on the basis of a limited claim shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such cases.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9833, Dec. 29, 2009]
Article 3(Transfer of Liability Limitation Cases) #
If a court finds it necessary to transfer a liability limitation case so as to avoid severe damage or delay, it may, ex officio, transfer the case to another court having jurisdiction over the case or general jurisdiction over the limited creditor or to a court where another liability limitation case, which has been filed in regard to damage from oil pollution caused by the same accident, is pending.
[This Article Wholly Amended by Act No. 9833, Dec. 29, 2009]
Article 4(Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Civil Procedure Act, etc.) #
As to liability limitation cases, the Civil Procedure Act and the Civil Execution Act shall apply mutatis mutandis in addition to this Act.