New South Wales Consolidated Acts

VICE-ADMIRALTY VEXATIOUS ARRESTS ACT 1901 - SECT 3

3 Liability for costs where vessel or master arrested without jurisdiction

If any ship or vessel, or the master or commander thereof, is arrested by any process issuing out of the Vice-Admiralty Court of New South Wales for any matter or thing not within the jurisdiction of the said Court, the complainant or promovent in any such proceedings, and the proctor of such complainant or promovent, shall be liable to pay the costs of all such proceedings, both in the said Court and in the Supreme Court, in case a writ of prohibition is granted, to be taxed as between attorney and client.