455. Actions in rem
In any case in which an action may be brought in rem against any ship, other than actions arising from claims to the possession or ownership of a ship or to the ownership of any share therein, or any claim in respect of a mortgage or charge on a ship or any share therein, where the person who would be liable on the claim in an action in personam was, when the cause of action arose, the owner or charterer of, or in possession or in control of the ship, the admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court may, whether the claim gives rise to a maritime lien on the ship or not, be invoked by an action in rem against—
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(a) that ship, if at the time when the action is brought the ship is owned as respects all the shares therein by that person; or
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(b) any other ship which, at the time when the action is brought, is owned as aforesaid,
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but in determining whether a person would be liable on a claim in an action in personam it shall be assumed that the person has his or her habitual residence or a place of business within Saint Lucia.