Marine Insurance Act, 1963
69. Partial loss of ship
Where a ship is
damaged, but is not totally lost, the measure of indemnity subject to any
express provision in the policy, is as follows-
(1) where the ship has
been repaired, the assured is entitled to the reasonable cost of the repairs,
less the customary deductions, but not exceeding the sum insured in
respect of any one casualty;
(2) where the ship has
been only partially repaired, the assured is entitled to the reasonable cost of
such repairs, computed as above, and also to be indemnified for the reasonable
depreciation, if any, arising from the unrepaired damage, provided that the
aggregate amount shall not exceed the cost of repairing the whole damage,
computed as above;
(3) where the ship has
not been repaired, and has not been sold in her damaged state during the risk,
the assured is entitled to be indemnified for the reasonable depreciation
arising from the unrepaired damage, but not exceeding the reasonable cost of
repairing such damage, computed as above;
(4) where the ship has
not been repaired, and has been sold in her damaged state during the risk, the
assured is entitled to be indemnified for the reasonable cost of repairing the
damage, computed as above, but not exceeding the depreciation in value as
ascertained by the sale.