Maritime Law Final Exam
CARIBBEAN MARITIME INSTITUTE
MARITIME LAW & INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
MIC 602
FINAL EXAMINATION
AUGUST 10, 2013
TIME OF EXAMINATION: 3 HOURS
Answer all questions from Section A and two questions from Section B.
RULES:
1. This paper is worth 50% of your final grade.
2. Books, texts and materials are not permitted into the examination room for any examination whatsoever.
3. No electronic devices with recorded notes permitted in examination room.
4. No cell phones are to be used during the examination.
5. No correspondence allowed with any other student during the examination.
6. All papers are to be submitted to the examiner at the end of the examination.
7. Refer to international conventions, codes, statutes, cases, laws and decisions where appropriate.
SECTION A – ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. What section of the Maritime Areas Act declares Jamaica an archipelagic state? (1 mark)
2. Define maritime hot pursuit. (2 marks)
3. Name the two MARPOL 73/78 goals. (2 marks)
4. The Regulations of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 are organized into five (5) areas called Titles. Name the five Titles. (2.5 marks)
5. How does the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965, as amended, (The FAL Convention) define a stowaway? (2 marks)
6. Label the areas marked A, B & C in the diagram below. (3 marks)
7. Section 4 of the Guidelines on shipowners’ responsibilities in respect of contractual claims for personal injury to or death of seafarers outlines the shipowners’ responsibilities. Name them. (4 marks)
8. Give the name and effective date of the convention that first established basic requirements on training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers on an international level. (2 marks)
9. What is human trafficking and what international instrument defines it? (1.5 marks)
SECTION B – ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS
1. For the past two decades, a number of
MARITIME LAW & INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
MIC 602
FINAL EXAMINATION
AUGUST 10, 2013
TIME OF EXAMINATION: 3 HOURS
Answer all questions from Section A and two questions from Section B.
RULES:
1. This paper is worth 50% of your final grade.
2. Books, texts and materials are not permitted into the examination room for any examination whatsoever.
3. No electronic devices with recorded notes permitted in examination room.
4. No cell phones are to be used during the examination.
5. No correspondence allowed with any other student during the examination.
6. All papers are to be submitted to the examiner at the end of the examination.
7. Refer to international conventions, codes, statutes, cases, laws and decisions where appropriate.
SECTION A – ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. What section of the Maritime Areas Act declares Jamaica an archipelagic state? (1 mark)
2. Define maritime hot pursuit. (2 marks)
3. Name the two MARPOL 73/78 goals. (2 marks)
4. The Regulations of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006 are organized into five (5) areas called Titles. Name the five Titles. (2.5 marks)
5. How does the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965, as amended, (The FAL Convention) define a stowaway? (2 marks)
6. Label the areas marked A, B & C in the diagram below. (3 marks)
7. Section 4 of the Guidelines on shipowners’ responsibilities in respect of contractual claims for personal injury to or death of seafarers outlines the shipowners’ responsibilities. Name them. (4 marks)
8. Give the name and effective date of the convention that first established basic requirements on training, certification and watchkeeping for seafarers on an international level. (2 marks)
9. What is human trafficking and what international instrument defines it? (1.5 marks)
SECTION B – ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS
1. For the past two decades, a number of