Title : Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007
State : Central
Year : 2007
Preamble1 - MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007 Chapter I Section1 - Short title and commencement Chapter II Section2 - Amendment of long title Section3 - Amendment of section 3 Section4 - Amendment of section 31 Section5 - Insertion of new section 99A Section6 - Insertion of new Part IXB Chapter III Section7 - Insertion of new section 68D of Act of 15 of 1908 List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates1 may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. ________________________________________ 1. The enforcement date for the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 as per notification no: SO331(E) dated 14.02.2008, is 1st day of March, 2008. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Amendment of Long Title
State : Central
Year : 2007
In the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958(44 of 1958) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in 44 of 195 the long title, for the word "registration", the words "registration, certification, safety and security" shall be substituted. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Insertion of New Section 99a
State : Central
Year : 2007
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.'. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Insertion of New Part Ixb
State : Central
Year : 2007
After Part IXA of the principal Act, the following Part shall be inserted, namely: PART IXB Security of ships and port facilities 344J. Application-(1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Part shall apply to (a) the following types of ships engaged on international voyages, namely: (i) passenger ships including high speed passenger craft; (ii) cargo ships including high speed craft of five hundred gross tonnage and above; (iii) mobile offshore drilling units: Provided that the Central Government may extend the application of this Part to those ships which are exclusively engaged on coastal voyages; (b) the port facilities serving ships referred to in clause (a): Provided that the Central Government may, after taking decision, on the basis of port facility security..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Amendment of Section 31
State : Central
Year : 2007
In section 31 of the principal Act, after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: "(aa) the ship identification number;". View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Insertion of New Section 68d of Act of 15 of 1908
State : Central
Year : 2007
After section 68C of the Indian Ports Act, 1908, the following section shall be inserted, namely: '68D. Maritime security - A port facility in India shall comply with all the requirements contained in Chapter IXB of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 [44 of 1958] or the rules made thereunder so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, the expression "port facility" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in Part IXB of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 [44 of 1958]. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Amendment of Section 3
State : Central
Year : 2007
1n section 3 of the principal Act, after clause (44), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: (44A) "security" means maritime security and includes any measure to protect ports or ships or any person or thing relating directly or indirectly to maritime navigation, (i) against terrorism, sabotage, stowaways, illegal migrants, asylum seekers, piracy, armed robbery, seizure or pilferage; and (ii) against any other hostile act or influence which threatens the security in the maritime transport sector, employed by the owners or operators or persons in charge of the vessels or management of port facilities, offshore installations and other marine organisations or establishments;'. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007
State : Central
Year : 2007
THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007 [Act No. 40 of 2007] [24th September, 2001] An Act further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 and the Indian Ports Act, 1908. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Preliminary
State : Central
Year : 2007
(1) This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates1 may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. ________________________________________ 1. The enforcement date for the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 as per notification no: SO331(E) dated 14.02.2008, is 1st day of March, 2008. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section