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# Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and Others) Act 1958
1958 c.62
An Act to amend Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, and section two of the Merchant Shipping (Liability of Shipowners and others) Act 1900; and for purposes connected therewith.
[1st August 1958]

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## SCHEDULE {#schedule}

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