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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 Section 356A

Title: Application

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....book of the ship and may require the master of the ship to certify the copy to be a true copy and such copy shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated therein. 356H. Information regarding contravention of the provision of the Convention.-- (1) If, on report from a surveyor or other persons authorised to inspect a vessel under section 356G, the Central Government is satisfied that any provision of the Convention has been contravened anywhere by a foreign ship, being a ship to which the provisions of the Convention apply, it shall transmit particulars of the alleged contravention to the Government of the country to which the ship belongs. (2) On receipt of information from the Government of any country which has ratified the Convention that an Indian ship has contravened any provisions of the Convention, the Central Government may, if it deems it necessary so to do, request such Government to furnish further details of the alleged contravention, and if satisfied that sufficient evidence is available to establish contravention of any of the provisions of this Part or rules made thereunder take appropriate action against the owner or master and intimate the reporting.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 356B

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles, floating craft and fixed or floating platforms.] ______________________ 1.Substituted for Section 356B by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003. Prior to substitution, its read as under: 356B. Definitions.-- In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "cargo" includes ballast and ship's stores and fuel; (b) "coast" includes any island forming part of India; (c) "coastal waters" means any part of the territorial waters of India, or any marine areas adjacent thereto over which India has, or, may hereafter have exclusive jurisdiction in regard to control of marine pollution under the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976, or any other law for the time being in force; (d) "Convention" means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, signed in London on the 12th day of May, 1954, as amended from time to lime; (e) "discharge", in relation to oil or oily mixture, means any discharge ore-scope, howevercaused; (f) the expression "from nearest land" shall mean the baseline from which the.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 356C

Title: Issue of Pollution Prevention Certificate

State: Central

Year: 1958

..... (d) the tanker is more than 50 miles from nearest land; and . (e) the tanker is not within the designated areas notified as such under sub-section (6) ofsection 7 of the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone andother Maritime Zones Act, 1976 : Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply to -- (i) the discharge of ballast from a cargo tank which, since the cargo was last carriedtherein, has been so cleaned that any affluent therefrom would, if dischargedfrom a stationary tanker into clean calm waters on a clear day, produce novisible traces of oil on the surface of the water; or (ii) the discharge of oil or oily mixture from machinery space bilges, if any such discharge is made in compliance with the provisions of sub-section (2) as if it were made from a ship other than a tanker. (2) No oil or oily mixture shall be discharged from an Indian ship other than a tanker anywhere into the sea or from a foreign ship other than a tanker within the coastal waters of India except where each of the following conditions is satisfied, namely :-- (a) the ship is proceeding en-route; (b) the instantaneous rate of discharge of.....

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.....

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 -.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 2

Title: Application of Act

State: Central

Year: 1958

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.

The Kerala Education Act, 1958 [1] Complete Act

State: Kerala

Year: 1958

THE KERALA EDUCATION ACT, 1958 [1] THE KERALA EDUCATION ACT, 1958 [1] (ACT 6 OF 1959) An Act to provide for the better organization and development of educational institutions in the State Preamble .- WHEREAS it is deemed necessary to provide for the better organization and development of educational institutions in the State providing a varied and comprehensive educational service throughout the State; BE it enacted in the Ninth Year of Republic of India as follows:- PART I GENERAL 1. Short title, extend and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Education Act, 1958 (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. 2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (1)"aided school" means a private school which is recognized by and is receiving aid from the Government, but, shall not include educational institutions entitled to receive grants under article 337 of the Constitution of India, except in so far as they are receiving aid.....

Calcutta Slum Clearance and Rehabilitation of Slumdwellers Act, 1958 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1958

....."Calcutta" means the area described in Schedule I to the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as deemed to have been amended under section 594 of that Act. Section 2 Repeal and prohibition of erection or addition or alteration of new hut, etc In any area to which this Act applies (a) sections 393 to 413 (both inclusive) of, and Parts VIII and IX of Schedule XVI to, the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, and sections 335 to 362 (both inclusive) of, and Parts VIII and IX of Schedule XVII to, the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as extended to the Municipality of Howrah by notification No. 260M, dated the 18th January, 1932, by the Government of Bengal in the Ministry of Local Self-Government and sections 334 to 347 (both inclusive) of, and Sections E, F and G and Form B of Schedule VI to, the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, as the case may be, shall stand repealed, and (b) notwithstanding anything contained in any of the aforesaid Acts, no new hut or collection of huts shall be erected or no addition to, or alteration in, any such hut or collection of huts, shall be made in such area except with the permission in writing of the prescribed authority and subject to such restrictions or.....