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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 310

Title: Ships Exempt from Provisions Relating to Load Lines

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....complies with safety requirements which are adequate for the purposes for which the ship is intended and are such as to ensure the overall safety of the ship; (f) any ship which is not normally engaged on voyages to ports outside India but which in exceptional circumstances is required to undertake such voyage if the Central Government is satisfied that the ship complies with safety requirements which are adequate for such voyage.] ________________________ 1. Substituted for former Clause (a) by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1970 (25 of 1970), section 5(a) (w.r.e.f. 21-7-1968). 2. Clause (d) substituted and clauses (e) and (f) inserted thereafter, by Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1970 (25 of 1970), section 5(a) (w.r.e.f. 21-7-1968). section 5(b) (w.r.e.f. 21-7-1968).

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....To meet the immediate requirements of the country soon after independence the Merchant Shipping Laws. (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 was enacted, by which the British Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 1938 were extended to the Acceding States (later known as Part B States) and Indian Consular Officers were empowered to perform functions in relation to Indian ships outside India and provision was made to enable Government to prescribe the proper national colours for ships registered in India, The Control of Shipping Act, 1947, was another short-term measure which continued the war-time control over Indian shipping and controlled the coastal trade by a system of licensing. This Act, which has been renewed from time to time, is due to expire on the 31st March, 1958. 3. The present Bill revises and consolidates all laws in force in India relating to merchant shipping, whether passed by the British Parliament or the Indian Legislature, and makes provision for the matters discussed in the succeedihg paragraphs, which also indicate the principal changes made in the law ........... -Gaz. of Ind., 1958, Extra., Pt. II, S. 2, p. 203.Act 21 of 1966.- The minimum.....

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Chapter VIII

Title: Procedure of Coast Guard Courts

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....the nature of an oath or affirmation. _________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "Every Officer" by the Repealing and Amending Act (19 of 1988), Section 3, Under Schedule (31-3-1988). Section 76 - Voting by members (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), every decision of a Coast Guard Court shall be passed by an absolute majority of votes; and where there is an equality of votes on either the finding or the sentence, the decision shall be in favour of the accused. (2) No sentence of death shall be passed by a Coast Guard Court without the concurrence of at least two-third of the members of the Court. (3) In matters other than a challenge or the finding or sentence, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote. Section 77 - General rule as to evidence The Indian Evidence Act, 1872, shall subject to the provisions of this Act, apply to all proceedings before a Coast Guard Court. Section 78 - Judicial notice A Coast Guard Court may take judicial notice of any matter within the general knowledge of the members as officers of the Coast Guard. Section 79 - Summoning of witnesses (1) The convening authority, the presiding.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Complete Act

Title: Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....Indian ship Section453 - Certain persons deemed to be public servants Section454 - Powers of persons authorised to investigate, etc Section454A - Power to prescribe alternative fittings, etc Section455 - Exemption of public ships, foreign and Indian Section456 - Power to exempt Section457 - General power to make rules Section458 - Provisions with respect to rules and regulations Section459 - Power to constitute committees to advise on rules, regulations and scales of fees Section460 - Protection of persons acting under Act Section460A - Removal of difficulties Part XVIII Section461 - Repeals and savings ScheduleI - SCHEDULE Amending ActI - MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 Amending ActII - MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 Amending Act3 - MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Amending Act I

Title: Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....it occurs, the words "oil or noxious liquid substance" shall be substituted. 6. Amendment of section 356-O.-- In section 356-O of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),-- (i) for clauses (a) and (b), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-- "(a) prescribe the limits of ballast, and designate noxious liquid substances, under clauses (a) and (j), respectively, of section 356B; (b) prescribe the forms in which, the duration for which and the conditions subject to which, various international pollution prevention certificates shall be issued under section 356C; (bb) prescribe the period within which, the manner in which and the conditions for making surveys of oil tankers or other ships prior to issuing an international pollution prevention certificate and the requirements as to equipment which are to be fitted for prevention of pollution by an oil tanker and other ship under section 356E;"; (ii) in clause (c), for the words "oil record books", the words "record books" shall be substituted; (iii) in clause (d), for the words "oil monitoring system, oily water separator, oil content metre, crude oil washing system, inert gas system or other equipments or.....

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Complete Act

Title: Coast Guard Act, 1978

State: Central

Year: 1978

.....service outside India Section8 - Oath of allegiance Section9 - Resignation and withdrawal from the post Section10 - Tenure of service under the Act Section11 - Dismissal or removal by Central Government and by other officers Section12 - Certificate of termination of service Section13 - Restrictions respecting right to form association, freedom of speech, etc. Chapter III Section14 - Duties and functions of Coast Guard Chapter IV Section15 - Correspondence, etc., with offenders Section16 - Deserting post and neglect of duty Section17 - Mutiny Section18 - Persons on board ship or aircraft seducing Coast Guard personnel from allegiance Section19 - Striking or threatening superior officers Section20 - Disobedience to superior officer Section21 - Ill-treating subordinates Section22 - Quarrelling, fighting and disorderly behaviour Section23 - Certain forms of disgraceful conduct Section24 - Drunkenness Section25 - Desertion and aiding desertion Section26 - Breaking out of ship and absence without leave Section27 - Losing ship or aircraft Section28 - Dangerous unauthorised flying Section29 - Inaccurate certificate Section30 - Low flying and annoyance by flying .....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part VII

Title: Seamen and Apprentices

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....ordinarily engaged in maritime navigation, other than a ship of war.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 40 of 2007]. Section 100 - Agreements with crew The master of every Indian ship, except a home-trade ship of less than two hundred tons gross, shall enter into an agreement (in this Act called the agreement with the crew) in accordance with this Act with every seaman whom he engages in, and carries to sea as one of his crew from any port in India. Section 101 - Form and contents of the agreement (1) An agreement with the crew shall be in the prescribed form, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be1[signed by the owner or agent and the master] before any seaman signs the same. (2) The agreement with the crew shall contain as terms thereof the following particulars, namely:- (a) the name of the ship or ships on board which the seaman undertakes to serve: (b) either the nature and, as far as practicable, the duration of the intended voyage or engagement or the maximum period of the voyage or engagement, and the places or parts of the world, if any, to which the voyage.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 358

Title: Shipping Casualties and Report Thereof

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....or casualty as abovementioned occurs to or on board any Indian ship, and any competent witness thereof is found in India; (e) any Indian ship is lost or is supposed to have been lost and any evidence is obtainable in India as to the circumstances under which she proceeded to sea or was last heard of. (2) In the cases mentioned in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1), the master, pilot, harbour master or other person in charge of the ship, or (where two ships are concerned) in charge of each ship at the time of the shipping casualty, and in the cases mentioned in clause (d) of sub-section (1), where the master of the ship concerned or (except in the case of a loss) where the ship concerned proceeds to any place in India from the place where the shipping casualty has occurred, the master of the ship, shall, on arriving in India, give immediate notice of the shipping casualty to the officer appointed in this behalf by the Central Government.

Coast Guard Act, 1978 Section 27

Title: Losing Ship or Aircraft

State: Central

Year: 1978

(1) Any person subject to this Act who wilfuly loses, strands or hazards or suffers to be lost, stranded or hazarded any ship belonging to or in the service of the Coast Gurad, or loses or suffers to be lost any aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Coast Guard shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned. (2) Any person subject to this Act, who negligently or by any default loses, strands or hazards or suffers to be lost, stranded or hazarded any ship belonging to or in the service of the Coast Guard, or loses or suffers to be lost any aircraft belonging to or in the service of the Coast Guard shall, on conviction by a Coast Guard Court, be liable to suffer imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or such less punishment as is in this Act mentioned.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. Section 2 - Application of Act 1[2. Application of Act (1) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act which apply to-- (a) any vessel which is registered in India; or (b) any vessel which is required by this Act to be so registered; or (c) any other vessel which is owned wholly by persons to each of whom any of the descriptions specified in clause (a) or in clause (b) or in clause (c), as the case may be, of section 21 applies, shall so apply wherever the vessel may be. (2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act which apply to vessels other than those referred to in sub-section (1) shall so apply only while any such vessel is within India, including the territorial2waters thereof.] ___________________________ 1. Substituted for former Section 2 by Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1983 (12 of 1983), Section 2(18-5-1983). 2. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropriate baseline. Section 3 -.....