Paragraph 177 Jurisdiction and effect of judgments.

The Admiralty jurisdiction of the court shall include jurisdiction to hear and determine any claim for damage done to a ship and shall extend to any claim in respect of a liability falling on the Fund under this Chapter.

Where in accordance with rules of court made for the purposes of this subsection the Fund has been given notice of proceedings brought against an owner or guarantor in respect of liability under section 153, any judgment given in the proceedings shall, after it has become final and enforceable, become binding upon the Fund in the sense that the facts and evidence in the judgment may not be disputed by the Fund even if the Fund has not intervened in the proceedings.

Where a person incurs a liability under the law of a Fund Convention country corresponding to Chapter III of this Part for damage which is partly in the territory of the Sovereign Base Areas, subsection (2) above shall, for the purpose of proceedings under this Chapter, apply with any necessary modifications to a judgment in proceedings under that law of the said country.