Section Text
For section 300 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
"300. Cargo ship safety equipment and cargo ship equipment certificates for ships other then passenger ships.- (1) Where in respect of an Indian cargo ship the Central Government or any person authorised by it in this behalf is satisfied that the ship complies with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder relating to life saving and fire appliances applicable to such ship and is provided with lights and shapes and the means of making fog and distress signals required by the collision regulations, that Government or the authorised person may issue in respect of the ship-
(a) if the ship is of five hundred tons gross or more and performs international voyages, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a cargo ship safety equipment certificate;
(b) in other cases, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a cargo ship equipment certificate.
(2) Where, in respect of a ship referred to in sub-section (1), there is in force an exemption certificate granted under section 302 and the Central Government or any person authorised by it in this behalf is satisfied that the ship complies with all the requirements referred to in that sub-section, other than those from which the ship is exempt under that certificate, that Government or the authorised person may issue a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a qualified cargo ship safety equipment certificate or a qualified cargo ship equipment certificate, as the case may be.".