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Confidence-building measures (CBMs) are planned procedures to prevent hostilities, to avert escalation

October 24, 2016 | Drafted by ADMIN
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A child and a man sell baked goods in Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Rami Zayat

On September 21, 2016, the Union Cabinet approved the enactment of the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill 2016. The Bill repeals five obsolete British statutes on admiralty jurisdiction in civil matters, namely, (a) Admiralty Court Act, 1840 (b) Admiralty Court Act, 1861, (c) Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act, 1890