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New Delhi , Feb. 17

THE Union Cabinet on Thursday approved the introduction of a Bill in the coming Budget session of Parliament to enact the Admiralty Law of India.

The Department of Shipping in the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, has drafted the Admiralty Bill, 2005, based on the recommendations of the Law Commission and modified by the Ministry of Law and Justice.

The proposed legislation on Admiralty Law will repeal the existing statutes that were framed by the British Government about 142 years ago. The Acts, which will be repealed, include The Admiralty Offences (Colonial) Act, 1894, The Admiralty Jurisdiction (India) Act, 1860, Admiralty Court Act, 1861, The Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act, 1891 and admiralty clauses in the Letters Patent relating to the High Courts of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.

" The Law has been drafted to free it from colonial laws," an official said.

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