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Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Section 3

Title: Offences Against Ship, Fixed Platform, Cargo of a Ship, Maritime Navigational Facilities, Etc

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....the safe navigation of a ship or safety of a fixed platform shall be punished with the punishment provided for such offence. (4) Where any act referred to in sub-section (1) is committed,-- (a) against or on board-- (i) an Indian ship at the time of commission of the offence; or (ii) any ship in the territory of India including its territorial waters; (b) by a stateless person, such act shall be deemed to be an offence committed by such person for the purposes of this Act. Explanation.-- In this sub-section, the expression "stateless person" means a person whose habitual residence is in India but he does not have nationality of any country. (5) Where an offence under sub-section (1) is committed and the person accused of or suspected of the commission of such offence is present in the territory of India and is not extradited to any Convention State or Prool State, as the case may be, such person shall be dealt with in India in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (6) On being satisfied that the circumstances so warrant, the Central Government or any other authority designated by it shall take the person referred to in sub-section (5) and present.....

Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Preamble 1

Title: Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 2002

An Act to give effect to the International Maritime Organisation Convention for Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Prool for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf and for matters connected therewith. whereas a Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Prool for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf were signed at Rome on the 10th day of March, 1988; and whereas India, having acceded to the said Convention and the Prool, should make provisions for giving effect thereto and for matters connected therewith; be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows

Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Complete Act

Title: Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 2002

Preamble1 - SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST SAFETY OF MARITIME NAVIGATION AND FIXED PLATFORMS ON CONTINENTAL SHELF ACT, 2002 Chapter I Section1 - Short title extent, application and commencement Section2 - Definitions Chapter II Section3 - Offences against ship, fixed platform, cargo of a ship, maritime navigational facilities, etc Section4 - Conferment of powers of investigation Section5 - Designated Courts Section6 - Offence triable by Designated Court Section7 - Application of Code to Proceedings before a Designated Court Section8 - Provision as to bail Chapter 3 Section9 - Provisions as to extradition Section10 - Contracting parties to Convention or Protocol Section11 - Power to treat certain ships to be registered in Convention States Section12 - Previous sanction necessary for prosecution Section13 - Presumptions as to offences under section 3 Section14 - Protection of action taken in good faith

Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....previous sanction of the Central Government. SECTION 13: PRESUMPTIONS AS TO OFFENCES UNDER SECTION 3 In a prosecution for an offence under sub-section (1) of Section 3-, if it is proved" (a) that the arms, ammunition or explosives were recovered from the possession of the accused and there is reason to believe that such arms, ammunition or explosives of similar nature were used in the commission of such offence; (b) that there is evidence of use of force, threat of force or any other form of intimidation caused to the crew or passengers in connection with the commission of such offence; or (c) that there is evidence of an intended threat of using bomb, fire, arms, ammunition, or explosives or committing any form of violence against the crew, passengers or cargo of a ship or fixed platform located on the Continental Shelf of India; the Designated Court shall presume, unless the contrary is proved, that the accused had committed such offence. SECTION 14: PROTECTION OF ACTION TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH (1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of the provisions of.....

Merchant Shipping (Distress Messages and Navigational Warnings) Rules, 1964 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1964

..... (3) The Distress Signal shall precede the Distress Call and Message. (4) The use of the distress signal in any one of the ways specified in sub-rule (2) except for the purpose mentioned in sub-rule (1), or the use of any signal which is likely to be confused with the distress signal in one of the ways referred to in sub-rule (2) is prohibited. Note. Vessels in distress may use the radiotelegraph alarm signal or the radiotelephone alarm signal to secure attention to distress calls and messages. The radiotelegraph alarm signal, which is designed to actuate the radiotelegraph auto alarms or vessels so fitted, consists of a series of twelve dashes, sent in one minute, the duration of each dash being 4 seconds, and the duration of the interval between 2 consecutive dashes being one second. The radiotelephone alarm signal consists of 2 tones transmitted alternately over periods of from 30 seconds to one minute. Rule 5 Revocation of Distress Signal If, after sending out any distress signal by means of radio, the Master of the vessel which controlled the distress traffic subsequently finds that assistance is no longer required, he shall immediately send out a message notifying.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part XI

Title: Navigation

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....log book, cause other record to be kept of his reasons for not going to the assistance of that person.] _______________________ 1. Inserted by Act 21 of 1966, section 33 [28-5-1966]. Section 356 - Power to make rules3 as to signals The Central Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules prescribing -- (a) the manner of communicating information regarding dangers to navigation, and the authorities on shore to whom such information is to be communicated; 1(aa) the manner of communicating intelligence regarding dangers to navigation, the terms and conditions subject to which such intelligence may be communicated and the fees which may be levied for the communication of intelligence;] (b) the signals which shall be2[signals of distress, urgency and of safety] respectively; (c) the circumstances in which, and the purposes for which, any such signal is to be used, and the circumstances in which it is to be revoked; and (d) the speed at which any message sent by3[radio telegraphy or telephony] in connection with such signal is to be transmitted. _______________________ 1. Inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1966 (21.....

Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Chapter II

Title: Offences

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....anything contained in the Code,-- (a) all offences under this Act shall be triable only by the Designated Court specified under sub-section (1) of section 5; (b) where a person accused of or suspected of the commission of an offence under this Act is forwarded to a Magistrate under sub-section (2) or sub-section (2A) of section 167 of the Code, such Magistrate may authorise the detention of such person in such custody as he thinks fit for a period not exceeding fifteen days in the whole where such Magistrate is a Judicial Magistrate and seven days in the whole where such Magistrate is an Executive Magistrate: Provided that where such Magistrate considers,-- (i) when such person is forwarded to him as aforesaid; or (ii) upon or at any time before the expiry of the period of detention authorised by him, that the detention of such person is unnecessary, he shall order such person to be forwarded to the Designated Court having the jurisdiction; (c) the Designated Court may exercise, in relation to the person forwarded to it under clause (b), the same power which a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try a case may exercise under section 167 of the Code, in.....

Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "Code" means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); (b) "Continental Shelf of India" shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976 (80 of 1976); (c) "Convention" means the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, signed at Rome on the 10th day of March, 1988 as amended from time to time; (d) "Convention State" means a State Party to the Convention; (e) "fixed platform" means an artificial island, installation or structure permanently attached to the seabed for the purpose of exploration for, or exploitation of resources or for other economic purposes; (f) "Prool" means the Prool for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf adopted at Rome on the 10th day of March, 1988 as amended from time to time; (g) "Prool State" means a State Party to the Prool; (h) "ship" means a vessel of any type whatsoever not.....

Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, I873 Part VI

Title: Of Canal-navigation

State: Central

Year: 1873

.....of as may be necessary, will, on a day to be named in the notice, but not sooner than fifteen days from the date of the notice, be sold in satisfaction of the claim on account of which such property was seized, unless the claim be discharged before the day so named. And, if such claim be not so discharged, the said Canal-officer may, on such day, sell the property seized or such part thereof as may be, be necessary to yield the amount due, together with the expenses of such seizure and sale: Provided that no greater part of the furniture of any vessel or of any cargo or goods shall be so sold than shall, as nearly as may be, suffice to cover the amount due in respect of such vessel, cargo of goods. The residue of such furniture, cargo or goods, and of the proceeds of the sale, shall be made over to the owner or person in charge the property seized. Section 54 - Procedure in respect of vessels abandoned and goods unclaimed If any vessel be found abandoned in a canal, or any cargo or goods carried in a Government vessel on a canal, or stored on or in lands or warehouses occupied for the purposes of a canal, be left unclaimed for a period of two months, the Divisional.....

Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 Section 1

Title: Short Title Extent, Application and Commencement

State: Central

Year: 2002

.....into, through or from waters beyond the outer limits of the territorial waters of India, or the lateral limits of its territorial waters with adjacent States; (c) when the offence is committed on board a ship in the territorial waters of Indiaor against a fixed platform located on the Continental Shelf of India. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), this Act shall apply only to offences committed by an offender or alleged offender (a) when such an offender is found in the territory of a Convention State; (b) when such an offender is found in the territory of a Prool State in whose internal water or territorial waters or continental shelf the fixed platform is located; or (c) when such an offender is found in the territory of a State other than the State referred to in clause (a) or clause (b). (5) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.