Marine Insurance Act, 1963
63. Effect of abandonment
(1) Where there is a
valid abandonment the insurer is entitled to take over the interest of the
assured in whatever may remain of the subject-matter insured, and all
proprietary rights incidental thereto.
(2) Upon the
abandonment of a ship, the insurer thereof is entitled to any freight in course
of being earned, and which is earned by her subsequent to the casualty causing
the loss, less the expenses of earning it incurred after the casualty; and,
where the ship is carrying the owner's goods, the insurer is entitled to a
reasonable remuneration for the carriage of them subsequent to the casualty
causing the loss.
PARTIAL LOSSES
(INCLUDING SALVAGE AND GENERAL AVERAGE AND PARTICULAR CHARGES)