Section 17

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Part, this Part does not apply in relation to any warship or any ship for the time being used by the government of any State otherwise than for commercial purposes.

In relation to a ship owned by a State and for the time being used for commercial purposes, it shall be a sufficient compliance with section 12(2) if there is in force a certificate issued by the government of that

State and showing that the ship is owned by that State and that any liability for pollution damage as defined in Article I of the Liability Convention will be met up to the limit prescribed by Article V of the Liability Convention.

Every Liability Convention State shall, for the purposes of any proceedings brought in a court in Brunei Darussalam to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under section 3, be deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of that court, and accordingly the Chief Justice, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, may make

Rules of Court to provide for the manner in which those proceedings are to be commenced and carried on.

Nothing in subsection (3) shall authorise the issue of execution against the property of any State.