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CAP. 41 The Rules of the Supreme Court Order 75 [1988 Ed.

(10) The claims against a ship in rem coming within the pro- visions of sub-paragraph (b) (whether or not the claim gives rise to a maritime lien on that ship) are-

(a) for damage done by a ship;

(b) for loss of life or personal injury sustained in con- sequence of any defect in a ship or in her apparel or equipment or in consequence of the wrongful act, neglect or default of the owners, charterers or persons in posses- sion or control of a ship or the master or crew of a ship or any other person for whose wrongful acts, neglects or defaults the owners, charterers or persons in possession or control of a ship are responsible, being an act, neglect or default in the navigation or management of a ship in the loading, carriage or discharge of goods on, in or from the ship or in the embarkation, carriage or disembarkation of persons on, in or from the ship;

(c) for loss of or damage to goods carried in a ship;

(d) those arising out of any agreement relating to the carriage

of goods in a ship or to the use or hire of a ship,

(e) those in the nature of salvage (including any claim arising by virtue of the application by or under section 51 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 as it applies to Hong Kong, of the law relating to salvage to aircraft and their apparel and cargo);

(f) those in the nature of towage or pilotage in respect of a ship or an aircraft when an action in rem may be brought against that aircraft if, at the time when the action is brought, it is beneficially owned by the person who would be liable on the claim in an action in personam;

(g) those in respect of goods or materials supplied to a ship for

her operation or maintenance;

(h) those in respect of the construction, repair or equipment of

a ship or dock charges or dues;

(i) those by a master or member of a crew of a ship for wages (including any sum allotted out of wages or adjudged by a superintendent to be due by way of wages);

(j) those by a master, shipper, charterer or agent in respect

of disbursements made on account of a ship;

(k) those arising out of an act which is or is claimed to be a

general average act;

(1) those arising out of bottomry.

And where the person who would be liable on the claim in an action in personam ("the relevant person") was, when the cause of action arose, the owner or charterer of, or in possession or in control of, the ship and at the time when the action is brought is either the

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