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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Amending Act 3

Title: Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....the long title, for the word "registration", the words "registration, certification, safety and security" shall be substituted. 3. Amendment of section 3 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;'. 4. Amendment of section 31 In section 31 of the principal Act, after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: "(aa) the ship identification number;". 5. Insertion of new section 99A After section 99 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely: '99A. (1) No person shall engage or.....

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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Amending Act II

Title: Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 [Act, No. 63 of 2002] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, and the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. CHAPTERII AMENDMENTOF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958 2. Substitution of new section for section 76. For section 76 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "76. Certificates of competency to be held by officers of ships.- (1) Every Indian ship, when going to sea from any port or place, shall be provided with officers duly certificated under this Act in accordance with such manning scales as may be prescribed: Provided that the Central Government may prescribe different manning scales.....

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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.....

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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

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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Preamble 1

Title: Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

State: Central

Year: 1958

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1958 [Act, No. 44 of 1958] [30th October, 1958] PREAMBLE An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board1[x x x x x] to provide for the 2[registration, certification, safety and security] of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- ___________________________ 1. Words "and a Shipping Development fund" omitted by Shipping Development fund Committee (Abolition) Act (66 of 1986), Section 3 (3-4T87). 2. Substituted for the word "registration" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 40 of 2007].

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 Preamble 1

Title: 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:

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003 Preamble 1

Title: Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003

State: Central

Year: 2003

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 [Act, No. 59 of 2003] [30th December, 2003] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 Preamble 1

Title: Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 2002

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 [Act, No. 63 of 2002] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958, and the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 Chapter II

Title: Amendment of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

State: Central

Year: 2007

.....title, for the word "registration", the words "registration, certification, safety and security" shall be substituted. Section 3 - Amendment of section 3 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;'. Section 4 - Amendment of section 31 In section 31 of the principal Act, after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely: "(aa) the ship identification number;". Section 5 - Insertion of new section 99A After section 99 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely: '99A. Prohibition.....

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Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 Chapter 2

Title: Amendment of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....constitute an admission of liability. Explanation 2. - For the purpose of this Part, the liability of a ship owner shall include liability in an action brought against the ship herself.". Section 18 - Substitution of new section for section 352B For section 352B of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:- "352B. Limitation of liability. The amount to which any person referred to in sub-section (1) of section 352A may limit his liability in accordance with the provisions of the Convention and in cases where the provisions of the Convention are not applicable, the limit shall be in accordance with the rules made in this behalf prescribe.". Section 19 - Amendment of section 352C In section 352C of the principal Act,- (a) in the marginal heading, the words "against owner" shall be omitted; (b) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) Where any liability is alleged to have been incurred by a person referred to in sub-section (1) of section 352A in respect of claims arising out of an occurrence, and legal proceedings are instituted in respect of claims subject to limitation, then such person.....

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