Database
The immunities of States and international organisations
This database contains the original national contributions bringing together information on The immunities of States and international organisations
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- Member State
- Sweden
- Themes
- Type of document
- Law
- Permanent link to the contribution
- http://www.cahdidatabases.coe.int/C/Immunities/Sweden/1938/438
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Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Sweden - Law of 17/06/1938
Database of the CAHDI "The immunities of States and international organisations" - contribution of Sweden - Law of 17/06/1938
Act of Parliament with certain regulations regarding State-owned Vessels and their cargo
Author(ity)
Swedish Parliament (Sveriges Riksdag)
Number of the law
n/a
Date of the law
17/06/1938
Points of law
Swedish Parliament, Act of Parliament issued on 17 June 1938 with certain regulations regarding State-owned Vessels and their cargo.In its first paragraph the Act states that the fact that a vessel is State-owned or used by a foreign State or that the cargo belongs to such a State, does not constitute an obstacle for a court in Sweden to hear a case regarding a debt owing to the use of the vessel or the transfer of the cargo, or to take measures of constraint because of such a debt.
In the second and third paragraphs exceptions to the principal rule of the first paragraph are stated. These exceptions concern inter alia warships used for sovereign acts as well as the cargo freighted with such ships, and also cargo belonging to the foreign State that is freighted with merchant vessels for non commercial purposes. These exceptions include jurisdictional immunity and immunity of execution.
