The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
Section 178. Joint and several liability for ships.
When an incident involving two or more ships occur and pollution damage results therefrom, all the ship owners concerned, unless exonerated under sub-section (3) of section 177, shall be jointly and severally liable for all such damage which is not reasonably separable
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