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Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....the legislation more effective and useful in regulating the operation of inland vessels having regard to the present day needs. 2. The principal Act was enacted when steam-vessels were in vogue. With the advent of oil-fired vessels, steam-vessels have become scare and even the short title to the Act would be misleading in the present context. Accordingly it is proposed to modify the short title of the Act as "Inland Vessels Act" and to substitute the expression "steam-vessel" by the expression "mechanically propelled vessel". There is no provision now enabling the mortgage of vessels by owners for securing financial assistance for the construction or repair of vessels. Provisions in that regard on the lines of those contained in the Merchant Shipping Act, 195S (44 of 1958)are proposed in order to overcome the difficulty. In the case of wreck, etc., the State Government is authorised to appoint a Court of investigation only on a report to that effect from the master of the vessel. It is considered necessary to provide for the appointment of a Court of investigation on the report of persons other than the master also. At present there is no provision in the Act enabling the.....

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Amending Act 2

Title: Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1951

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....INLAND STEAM-VESSELS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1951 [Act, No. 26 of 1951] [3rd May, 1951] PREAMBLE An Act further of amend the Inland Steam--vessels Act, 1917. BE it enacted by Parliament as follows:-- 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Inland Steam-vessels (Amendment) Act, 1951. (2) This section and sections 2 and 9 shall come into force at once, and the remaining sections shall come into force on such date as the central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Amendment of section 1, Act 1 of 1917 In section 1of the Inland Steam-vessels Act, 1917 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act). for sub-sections (2) and (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir: Provided that it shall not come into force in the States of Travancore-Cochin and Madras or in that part of the State of Orissa which on the 31st day of March, 1936, was included in the State of Madras, unless the State Government concerned, by notification in the Official Gazette, so directs," 3. Insertion of new Chapter IIA in Act 1 of 1917 In the.....

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 19B

Title: Place of Registry and Registering Authorities

State: Central

Year: 1917

1 [19B. Place Of Registry And Registering Authorities (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette. (a) declare such places within the territories under its administration as it thinks fit to be places of registry; and (b) appoint registering authorities at the said places for the purposes of this Act. (2) Every person appointed as a registering authority shall, for the purposes of any registration made by him, be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code. ________________________ 1. Chapter II-A containing sections 19A to 19R was inserted by the Inland Steam-Vessels (Amendment) Act, 1951 (26 of 1951), section 3(w.e.f. 11-8-1951).

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 19O

Title: Cancellation of Registration

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....has been destroyed or has been rendered permanently unfit for service, the owner of the vessel shall, with the least practicable delay, report the fact to the registering authority of the place where the vessel is registered and shall also forward to that authority, along with the report, the certificate of registration of the vessel and thereupon the registering authority shall have the certificate of registration cancelled. (2) Any registering authority may at any time require that any inland2[mechanically propelled vessel] within the local limits of its jurisdiction may be inspected by such authority as the State Government may, by general or special order, appoint in this behalf and, if as a result of such inspection, the registering authority is satisfied that the vessel is in such a condition that it is not fit to ply in any inland water, the registering authority may after giving the owner of the vessel an opportunity of being heard, cancel the registration of the vessel and require the owner thereof to surrender forthwith to the registering authority, the certificate of registration in respect of that vessel, if it has not already been so surrendered. .....

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Chapter IV

Title: Investigations into Casualties

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....Court Of Investigation (1)1[Whenever the State Government is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to have aformal investigation into the facts of any case reported under section 32 or otherwise brought to its notice, the State Government may],-- (a) appoint a special Court and direct the Court to make the investigation at such place as the2[State Government] may fix in this behalf, or (b) direct any principal Court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction or the Court of any District Magistrate to make the investigation. (2) A special Court appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall consist of not less than two nor more than four persons, of whom one shall be a Magistrate, one shall be a person conversant with maritime affairs or with the navigation of inland3[mechanically propelled vessels], and the other or others (if any) shall be conversant with either maritime or mercantile affairs, or with the navigation of inland3[mechanically propelled vessels]. ________________________ 1. Subsisted by Amendment Act, 1977 (35 of 1977), S. 21 (w.e.f. 1-5-1978). 2. Substituted for the words "Provincial Government" by A. L. O., 1950. 3. For the words.....

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 33

Title: Power for State Government to Appoint Court of Investigation

State: Central

Year: 1917

(1)1[Whenever the State Government is satisfied that it is necessary or expedient to have aformal investigation into the facts of any case reported under section 32 or otherwise brought to its notice, the State Government may],-- (a) appoint a special Court and direct the Court to make the investigation at such place as the2[State Government] may fix in this behalf, or (b) direct any principal Court of ordinary criminal jurisdiction or the Court of any District Magistrate to make the investigation. (2) A special Court appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) shall consist of not less than two nor more than four persons, of whom one shall be a Magistrate, one shall be a person conversant with maritime affairs or with the navigation of inland3[mechanically propelled vessels], and the other or others (if any) shall be conversant with either maritime or mercantile affairs, or with the navigation of inland3[mechanically propelled vessels]. ________________________ 1. Subsisted by Amendment Act, 1977 (35 of 1977), S. 21 (w.e.f. 1-5-1978). 2. Substituted for the words "Provincial Government" by A. L. O., 1950. 3. For the words "Steam-vessel" and "Steam-vessels".....

Destruction of Records Act, 1917 Section 3

Title: Power to Certain Authorities to Make Rules for Disposal of Documents

State: Central

Year: 1917

.....the A.O.1937 for "the L.G., or any officer specially authorized in that behalf by the L.G."} [(i) if the documents relate to purposes of a State, the State Government or any officer specially authorized in that behalf by that Government; (ii) in any other case, the Central Government or an officer specially authorized in that behalf by that Government.] {Subs. by the A.O.1937 for the original sub-section.}[(3) Rules made under this section by any High Court or by a Chief Controlling Revenue-authority {For definition of Chief Controlling Revenue-authority, see the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section 3 (10)} or by an officer specially authorized in that behalf by any State Government shall be subject to the previous approval of the State Government; and rules made by an officer specially authorized in that behalf by the Central Government shall be subject to the previous approval of the Central Government.]

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 54B

Title: Power to Make Rules Providing for the Appointment of Advisory Committees

State: Central

Year: 1917

1 [54B. Power To Make Rules Providing For The Appointment Of Advisory Committees The 2 [State Government] may make rules providing for the appointment, constitution, procedure and functions of Committees to advise the owners, agents and charterers of inland 3 [mechanically propelled vessels] on questions affecting the interests of passengers and shippers of goods.] ________________________ 1. Substituted for "Provincial Government" by A. L. O., 1950. 2. Substituted for "Provincial Government" by A. L. 0., 1950. 3. For the words "Steam-vessel" and "Steam-vessels" wherever they occur throughout the Act the words "mechanically propelled vessel" and "mechanically propelled vessels" substituted respectively section 5 (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 20

Title: Appointment of Examiners

State: Central

Year: 1917

The1[State Government] may appoint examiners for the purpose of examining the qualifications of persons desirous of obtaining certificates thereinafter called certificates of competency), to the effect that they are competent to act as masters or serangs, or as engineers or engine-drivers, as the case may be, on board inland2[mechanically propelled vessels]. ________________________ 1. Substituted for "Provincial Government" by A.L.O., 1950. 2. For the words "Steam-vessel" and "Steam-vessels" wherever they occur throughout the Act the words "mechanically propelled vessel" and "mechanically propelled vessels" substituted respectively section 5 (w.e.f. 1-5-1978.)

Inland Vessels Act, 1917 Section 4

Title: Appointment of Surveyors and Places of Survey

State: Central

Year: 1917

(1) The1[State Government] may, by notification in the2[Official Gazette],-- (a) declare such places, within the territories under its administration, as it thinks fit, to be places of survey, and (b) appoint so many persons to be surveyors at the said places as it thinks fit, for the purposes of this Act. (2) Every surveyor shall, for the purposes of any survey made by him, be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code. ________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "Provincial Government" by A.O., 1950. 2. Substituted for the words "Local Official Government" by A.L.O., 1937.