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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.....

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 Part VIII

Title: Passenger Ships

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....under sub-section (3).] _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "an unberthed passenger ship" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Inserted by Amendment Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 9 (1-12-1976). Section 256 - Ship taking additional passengers at intermediate place 1 [(1) If any 2 [special trade passenger ship] performing a voyage between ports or places in India takes additional 2 [special trade passengers] on board at an intermediate port or place, the master shall obtain from the certifying officer 4 [or such other officer as the Central Government may appoint in this behalf] at the port or place a supplementary certificate stating- (a) the number of 2 [special trade passengers] so taken on board; and (b) that food, fuel and pure water over and above what is necessary for the crew, and the other things, if any, prescribed for the ship, have been placed on board, of the quality prescribed, properly packed and sufficient to supply the 3 [special trade passengers] on board during the voyage which the ship is to make (including such detention in quarantine as may be probable) according to the scale for the time.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 164

Title: Provisions as to Taking Distressed Seamen on Ships

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) Where a distressed seaman is for the purpose of his return to a proper return port placed on board an Indian ship, the Indian consular officer by whom the seaman is so placed shall endorse on the agreement with the crew of the ship particulars of the seaman so placed on board. (2) On the production of a certificate signed by the Indian consular officer by whose directions any such distressed seamen were received on board, specifying the number and names of the distressed seamen and the time when each of them was received on board, and on a declaration made by the master stating the number of days during which each distressed seaman has received subsistence and stating the full complement of his crew and the actual number of seamen employed on board his ship and every variation in that number, whilst the distressed seamen received maintenance, the master shall be entitled to be paid in respect of the subsistence and passage of every seaman so conveyed and provided for by him, exceeding the number, if any, wanted to make up the complement of his crew, such sum for each day as the Central Government may by rules made in this behalf allow.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 259

Title: Certain Ships to Carry Medical Officer and Attendants

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....of pilgrims and crew carried exceeds one thousand, a second medical officer similarly qualified and also in all cases such medical attendants as may be prescribed. (b) A medical officer of every pilgrim ship shall perform such duties and functions, keep such diaries and submit such reports or other returns as may be prescribed. (c) No medical officer or attendant on a pilgrim ship shall charge any pilgrim on such ship for his services.] _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "unberthed passengers" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Inserted by Merchant Shipping Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 13 (1-12-1976).

Bombay Motor Vehicles (Taxation of Passengers) Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1958

.....proceedings shall be taken against the accused person in respect of the same offence. SECTION 18: OFFICERS TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS. All officers acting under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code. SECTION 19: BAR OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. (1) No prosecution or other proceeding shall be instituted in a Criminal Court without the previous sanction of the State Government, against any officer or servant of the Government, for any act done or purporting to be done under this Act. (2) No officer or servant of the Government shall be liable in respect of any such act in any civil or criminal proceeding, if the act was done in good faith in the course of the execution of duties or the discharge of functions imposed by or under this Act. SECTION 20: LIMITATION FOR SUITS AND PROSECUTIONS. No suit or other proceeding shall be instituted against the State and no suit, prosecution or other proceeding shall be instituted against any officer or servant of the Government in respect of any act done or purporting to be done under this Act, unless the suit, Prosecution or other proceeding is instituted within one year from the.....

The Adamas University Act, 2014 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2014

.....in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- Short title, extent and commencement:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Adamas University Act, 2014. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of West Bengal. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Definitions:- 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) Academic Council means the Academic Council of the University; (2) Administrator means the Administrator appointed under this Act by the State Government; (3) Chairman means the Chairman of the Governing Board; (4) Chancellor means the Chancellor of the University; (5) Distance Education means education imparted by a combination of any two or more means of communication like contact programmes, correspondence courses, online courses, broadcasting, telecasting, seminars and any other such methodology; Note.-Through distance education a student is expected to study a course or a part of it without being present physically; (6) Employee means a person appointed by the University to work in the University or its study centres,.....

The Seacom Skills University Act, 2014 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 2014

.....conducted by the University or by Common Entrance Test conducted at the State or National level: Provided that any achievements in co-curricular activities or extra-curricular activities may be given weightage at the discretion of the University: Provided further that the admission criteria for specific courses, as prescribed by the concerned Regulatory Bodies, shall be adhered to. (3) The seats in Engineering and Technology courses in the University or the colleges and other institutions subsumed in the University, shall be guided by the existing framework of the All India entrance examination or the West Bengal Joint Entrance Board through its state level common entrance test and counseling process until the University opts to work out its own entrance examination framework for admission into the courses as per the decision of the Governing Board. (4) The University shall keep five percent of total intake reserved for filling up with economically weaker persons in the manner as may be prescribed by the State Government from time to time. Examinations and results:- 35. (1) The University shall at the beginning of each academic session and in any case not later than 31st of.....

Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation Ofproduction, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1992

.....any method of encouraging any person to purchase or use infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food.] (2) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, if force in that area. ____________________________ 1. Substituted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). Prior to substitution it read as under : "(a) "advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper and other documents and also includes any visible representation or announcement made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas;" 2. Substituted for "but does not include a pharmacy or drug store" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 3. Substituted for "after the age of four months" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 162

Title: Mode of Providing for Return of Seamen to Proper Return Port

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....other of these modes. (2) Provision shall be made for the return of the seaman as to the whole of the route if it is by sea or as to any part of the route which is by sea by placing the seaman on board an Indian ship which is in want of men to make up its complement, or, if that is not practicable, by providing the seaman with a passage in any ship, Indian or foreign, or with the money for his passage and, as to any part of the route which is by land or air, by paying the expenses of his journey and of his maintenance during the journey or providing him with means to pay those expenses, (3) Where the master of a ship is required under this Part to provide for the return of a discharged seaman to a proper return port, the master may, instead of providing the seaman's passage or the expenses of his journey or of providing the seaman with means to pay his passage or those expenses, deposit with the proper officer such sum as that officer considers sufficient to defray the expenses of the return of the seaman to a proper return port.