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"ship" includes any description of vessel used in navigation and (except in subsection (2)(c) of this section) includes, subject to any regulations made by the Governor, a hovercraft;
"towage" and "pilotage" in relation to an aircraft, mean towage and pilotage while the aircraft is waterborne.
(2) Nothing in sections 12A to 12D shall-
(a) be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the High Court to refuse to entertain an action for wages by the master or a member of the crew of a ship, not being a British ship;
(b) affect the provisions of section 552 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (1894 c. 60 U.K.) (power of a receiver of wreck to detain a ship in respect of a salvage claim) in its application to Hong Kong; or
(c) authorize proceedings in rem in respect of any claim against the Crown, or the arrest, detention or sale of any of Her Majesty's ships or Her Majesty's aircraft or Her Majesty's hovercraft, or, subject to any regulations made by the Governor, of any ship, aircraft, hovercraft, cargo or other property belonging to the Crown or the Government of Hong Kong.
(3) Droits of Admiralty or droits of or forfeitures to the Crown condemned by the High Court shall become the property of the Government of Hong Kong and the High Court may of its own motion or upon application order that such property be sold and the proceeds paid into the general revenue.
(4) In this section-
"Her Majesty's ships" and "Her Majesty's aircraft" have the meanings given by section 38(2) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (1947 c. 44 U.K.); "Her Majesty's hovercraft" means hovercraft belonging to the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or Her Majesty's Government in Hong Kong.
13. Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
(Added 3 of 1989 s. 2) [cf. 1981 c. 54 s. 24 U.K.]
(1) The Court of Appeal shall be a superior court of record.
(2) The civil jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal shall consist of—
(a) appeals from any judgment or order of the High Court in any civil cause or matter;
(b) appeals under section 63 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336); and
(c) any other jurisdiction conferred on it by any law.
(3) The criminal jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal shall consist of—
(a) appeals from the High Court or District Court under Part IV of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221);
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“ship” includes any description of vessel used in navigation and (except in subsection (2)(c) of this section) includes, subject to any regulations made by the Governor, a hovercraft;
"towage" and "pilotage" in relation to an aircraft, mean towage and pilotage
while the aircraft is waterborne.
(2) Nothing in sections 12A to 12D shall-
(a) be construed as limiting the jurisdiction of the High Court to refuse to entertain an action for wages by the master or a member of the crew of a ship, not being a British ship;
(b) affect the provisions of section 552 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 (1894 c. 60 U.K.) (power of a receiver of wreck to detain a ship in respect of a salvage claim) in its application to Hong Kong; or
(c) authorize proceedings in rem in respect of any claim against the Crown, or the arrest, detention or sale of any of Her Majesty's ships or Her Majesty's aircraft or Her Majesty's hovercraft, or, subject to any regulations made by the Governor, of any ship, aircraft, hovercraft, cargo or other property belonging to the Crown or the Government of Hong Kong.
(3) Droits of Admiralty or droits of or forfeitures to the Crown condemned by the High Court shall become the property of the Government of Hong Kong and the High Court may of its own motion or upon application order that such property be sold and the proceeds paid into the general revenue.
(4) In this section-
"Her Majesty's ships" and "Her Majesty's aircraft" have the meanings given by
section 38(2) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (1947 c. 44 U.K.); "Her Majesty's hovercraft" means hovercraft belonging to the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or Her Majesty's Government in Hong Kong.
13. Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
(Added 3 of 1989 s. 2) [cf. 1981 c. 54 s. 24 U.K.]
(1) The Court of Appeal shall be a superior court of record.
(2) The civil jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal shall consist of—
(a) appeals from any judgment or order of the High Court in any
civil cause or matter;
(b) appeals under section 63 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap.
336); and
(c) any other jurisdiction conferred on it by any law.
(3) The criminal jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal shall consist of—
(a) appeals from the High Court or District Court under Part IV of
the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221);
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