# Merchant Shipping Act 1995, State-owned cargoes


Unless the State owner consents, no provision of this Convention shall be used as a basis for the seizure, arrest or detention by any legal process of, nor for any proceedingsin rem against, non-commercial cargoes owned by a State and entitled, at the time of the salvage operations, to sovereign immunity under generally recognised principles of international law.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/11/part/I/chapter/29/crossheading/stateowned-cargoes (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/schedule-11/part-I/chapter-29/crossheading-stateowned-cargoes
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