Marine Insurance Act, 1963
73. General average contributions and salvage charges
(1) Subject to any
express provision in the policy, where the assured has paid, or is liable for,
any general average contribution, the measure of indemnity is the full amount
of such contribution if the subject-matter liable to contribution is insured
for its full contributory value; but, if such subject-matter be not insured for
its full contributory value, or if only part of it be insured, the indemnity
payable by the insurer must be reduced in proportion to the under-insurance,
and where there has been a particular average loss which constitutes a
deduction from the contributory value, and for which the insurer is liable,
that amount must be deducted from the insured value in order to ascertain what
the insurer is liable to contribute.
(2) Where the insurer
is liable for salvage charges the extent of his liabilities must be determined
on the like principle.