Chapter:	508	Title:	MERCHANT SHIPPING (COLLISION DAMAGE LIABILITY AND SALVAGE) ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	7	Heading:	Limitation of actions	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Subject to subsection (3), no action shall be maintainable to enforce any claim or lien against a vessel or its owners in respect of any damage or loss to another vessel, its cargo or freight, or any property on board the vessel, or damages for loss of life or personal injuries suffered by any person on board the vessel, caused by the fault of the former vessel, whether such vessel is wholly or partly in fault, unless proceedings in the action are commenced within 2 years from the date when the damage, loss or injury was caused. [cf. 1911 c. 57 s. 8 U.K.]
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no action shall be maintainable under this Ordinance to enforce any contribution in respect of an overpaid proportion of any damages for loss of life or personal injuries unless proceedings in the action are commenced within 1 year from the date of payment. [cf. 1911 c. 57 s. 8 U.K.]
(3) Any court having jurisdiction to deal with an action to which this section relates may, in accordance with the rules of court, extend the period within which proceedings in the action must be commenced, to such extent and on such conditions as it thinks fit, and shall, if satisfied that there has not during such period been any reasonable opportunity of arresting the defendant vessel within the jurisdiction of the court, or within the territorial waters of the country to which the plaintiff's vessel belongs or in which the plaintiff resides or has his principal place of business, extend any such period to any extent sufficient to give such reasonable opportunity. [cf. 1911 c. 57 s. 8 U.K.]