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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 2

Substitution of New Section for Section 76

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 2 is part of Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 - Substitution of New Section for Section 76. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

For section 76 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

"76. Certificates of competency to be held by officers of ships.- (1) Every Indian ship, when going to sea from any port or place, shall be provided with officers duly certificated under this Act in accordance with such manning scales as may be prescribed:

Provided that the Central Government may prescribe different manning scales for different types of ships.

(2) Every ship, whether at sea or in any port or place, shall engage such number of persons and with such qualifications as may be prescribed for maintaining watches.".

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What does Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 2 provide?

Section Section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Substitution of New Section for Section 76) is reproduced on this page as part of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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