Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and
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Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951)SchedulesSecond ScheduleArticle IV : Cases of force majeure |
| (a) | A ship, which is not subject to the provisions of the present Convention at the time of its departure on any voyage, shall not become subject to the provisions of the present Convention on account of any deviation from its intended voyage due to stress of weather or any other cause of force majeure. |
| (b) | Persons who are on board a ship by reason of force majeure or in consequence of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked or other persons shall not be taken into account for the purpose of ascertaining the application to a ship of any provisions of the present Convention. |
