Which laws dominate in the current judicial practice in the area of arrest of ships?
China has so far not given effect to the international Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Arrest of Seagoing Ships, 1952 and does not appear to do so in the near future. The Rules on Pretrial Arrest of Ships by Maritime Court (“Arrest Rules”) and the Rules on Maritime courts Auction of Arrested Ships in Settlement of the Claims (“Auction Rules”), both of which were promulgated by the Supreme Court in 1994, have proper force of law.
