289. Where any district within which any Court has jurisdiction under this Act or any other Act or law for any purpose whatsoever is situate on the coast of any sea, or abutting on or projecting into any bay, channel, lake, river or other navigable water, every such Court shall have jurisdiction-
in the same manner as if such ship or persons were within the limits of the original jurisdiction of the Court.| (a) over any ship, whether a Ceylon or a foreign ship, being on or lying or passing off that coast or being in or near that bay, channel, lake, river or navigable water; and |
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