Section 1 of the Act allowed for new maritime courts to exercise jurisdiction over offences committed by any non-British person on a merchant vessel owned by the nation or power which constituted the court.
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The Center aggregates 270 government service windows from 14 government agencies, including customs, inspection and quarantine, maritime safety, border control, traffic control, maritime court, electronic customs clearance, business taxes, and state audit and supervision.
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"Forum non conveniens " is not exclusive to common law nations : the maritime courts of the Republic of Panama, although not a common law jurisdiction, also have such power under more restrained conditions.
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Wilson Jr . owned various well-known buildings in Rio, notably the Edif�cio das Mil Colunas ( Building of the Thousand Columns, where, today, the Maritime Court is situated ) and Ch�cara da Floresta on Morro do Castelo.
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On 20 September 2001 the Polish Maritime Court ( " Izba Morska " ) ruled the disaster was caused in 70 % by SY " Bieszczady " and in 30 % by MV " Lady Elena ".
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On 5 December 2016 the Maritime Court made a final judgement stating the reason of the tragedy was a failure of " last-momenet maneuvers " on both ships caused by " not taking adequate actions to avoid excessive approach ".
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This was facilitated by a law by the British government of 22 May 1941, the Allied Powers ( Maritime Courts ) Act 1941, which gave allied governments the power to establish their own courts on British soil where all but the most severe cases could be tried.
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We can also mention the maritime courts which had power and jurisdiction over all maritime matters, called the " amiraut�s " ( admiralties, for example the Dieppe and Le Havre admiralties ) and the Court of appeal in these matters called " Table de marbre " ( Marble Table ).
