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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 Section 5

Insertion of New Section 99a

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 Section 5 is part of Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 - Insertion of New Section 99a. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

After section 99 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:

'99A. Prohibition of engagement of seafarer without seafarer's identity document-

(1) No person shall engage or carry to sea any seafarer in any ship, unless the seafarer is in possession of seafarer's identity document.

(2) The seafarer's identity document under sub-section (/) shall be issued in such form and manner and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.

Explanation.For the purposes of this section, "seafarer" means any person who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a sea going ship ordinarily engaged in maritime navigation, other than a ship of war.'.

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Section Section 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 (Insertion of New Section 99a) is reproduced on this page as part of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007. 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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