Whenever any law enacted before or after the coming into operation of this section and in force in any treaty country (other than the Republic) provides that any court or functionary of the Republic may or shall exercise any authority or perform any act in relation to ships registered or entitled to be registered in that treaty country, their owners, masters, seafarers, such court or functionary may exercise any such authority or perform any such act, and all things done by such court or functionary under this section shall have the same effect as if that law had been enacted in the Republic.

[Section 352 substituted by section 24 of Act No. 12 of 2015]