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Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 282

Title: Powers to Make Rules Relating to Pilgrim Ships

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....(s) the manner in which the dates of sailing shall be advertised under 2 [section 255;] the appointment of pilgrim officers for the purposes of that section and sections 279 and 280; the manner in which payment shall be made under section 279 to pilgrims and to the pilgrim officer; and the procedure to be followed by masters, owners or agents and by pilgrim officers and 3 [Metropolitan Magistrates or Judicial Magistrates of the first class, as the case may be] in proceedings under that section; (t) the functions of the master, medical officer and other ship's officers during the voyage; (u) the local limits within which, and the time and mode at and in which, pilgrims shall be embarked or discharged at any port or place appointed under this Part in that behalf; (v) the time within which a pilgrim ship shall depart or proceed on her voyage after commencing to take pilgrims on board; (w) providing that a pilgrim shall not be received on board any pilgrim ship, unless he is in possession of a passport or a pilgrim's pass regulating the issue of pilgrims passes and prescribing the form of and fees which may be charged for such passes; 4 [*] 5 [(ww) the fees that may be.....

The Maharashtra Sinhastha Fair Pilgrim Tax Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1980

.....this Act; (i) "Trimbak Municipal area" means the area within the jurisdiction of the Trimbak Municipal Council established under the Municipalities Act. SECTION 03: LEVY OF PILGRIM TAX ON PERSONS VISITING TRIMBAK MUNICIPAL AREA DURING SINHASTHA FAIR (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Municipalities Act, there shall be levied and collected the piligrim tax on every person (unless he is exempted under this Act), visiting or entering the Trimbak Municipal area, on each occasion, during the period of Sinhastha Fair, at the following rates, namely :- (a) at the rate of one rupee per visit or entry for an adult; (b) at the rate of fifty paise per visit or entry for a chiled. (2) The tax may be collected in or near the vehicle by which the person may be travelling, or at any Naka, in the Trimbak Municipal area or in any part of its periphery, by the conductor of any stage carriage belonging to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation or by the Naka Karkun appointed by the Collector. (3) On payment of the tax, an entry pass or ticket, in the form laid down by the Collector shall be issued to him by person who collects the tax. (4) No person who is liable to pay the.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 271

Title: Medical Inspection and Permission Required Before Embarkation of Pilgrims

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....the embarkation of pilgrims to commence. (2) The medical inspection of female pilgrims shall, subject to any rules which may be made under this Act and as far as may be practicable, be carried out by women. (3) No pilgrim shall be received on board any pilgrim ship unless he produces the medical certificate signed by a person who is duly qualified to grant such certificate, showing that such pilgrim- (a) has been inoculated against cholera within such period before the inspection as may be prescribed; and (b) has been vaccinated against smallpox within such period before the inspection as maybe prescribed: Provided that the officer making the inspection may dispense with the certificate of vaccination, if in his opinion the pilgrim has marks showing that he has had smallpox. (4) If, in the opinion of the officer making an inspection under this section, any pilgrim is suffering from cholera or choleraic indisposition, or any dangerously infectious or contagious disease, or shows any signs of the same or any other suspicious symptoms, such pilgrim shall not be permitted to embark. (5) All articles which have been contaminated by persons suffering from cholera or.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 277

Title: Cost of Return Journey of Pilgrims on Ships Other Than Those for Which Return Ticket is Available

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....the port of Jeddah having been declared by proper authority to be infected or by reason of war, disturbance or any other clause not arising from any act or default of the master, owner or agent. (2) Where any such pilgrim who has notified to the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner his desire to embark for the return voyage is, owing to his inability to obtain accommodation within the period of ninety days aforesaid in a ship for which the return ticket is available, detained at Jeddah beyond the said period, the master, owner or agent of the ship which such pilgrim was carried to the Hedjaz shall pay to the Central Government in respect of such pilgrim such sum not exceeding double the sum received by the master, owner or agent respect of the return ticket as the Central Government claims as the costs of repatriating the pilgrim, together with a sum of rupees five for each day after the expiry of the period aforesaid during which the pilgrim has been detained at Jeddah. (3) A certificate of such detention purporting to be made and signed by the Indian consular officer at Jeddah shall be received in evidence in any court in India without proof of a signature or of.....

Haj Committee Act, 2002 Section 35

Title: Powers of Committee to Issue Pilgrim Passes and Levy Fees

State: Central

Year: 2002

(1) The Committee, shall have the power to issue a travel document called "Pilgrim Pass" to a Haj pilgrim for his departure from India as a bonafide pilgrim to Saudi Arabia and the said Pilgrim shall be deemed 16 be exempted from the provisions of section 3 of the Passport Act, 1967 (15 of 1967). (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Passports Act, 1967 (15 of 1967), the Central Government may, in consultation with the Committee, levy such fees for registration of a Haj pilgrim, issuance of Pilgrim Pass by the Committee and other related matters, as may be prescribed in connection with rendering of such services.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 237

Title: Ports or Places Where Special Trade Passengers or Pilgrims May Embark or Be Discharged

State: Central

Year: 1958

237. Ports or places where1[special trade passengers] or pilgrims may embark or be discharged (1) Neither2[a special trade passenger ship] nor a pilgrim ship shall depart or proceed from on discharge1[special trade passengers] or pilgrims, as the case may be, at any port or place within India other than a port or place appointed in this behalf by the Central Government for2[special trade passenger ships] or pilgrim ships, as the case may be. (2) After a ship has departed or proceeded on a voyage from a port or place so appointed, a person shall not be received on board as2[a special trade passenger] or pilgrim, as the case may be, except at some other port or place so appointed. _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "unberthed passengers" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Substituted for the words "an unberthed passenger ship" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 249

Title: Specjal Trade Passenger or Pilgrim Not to Be Landed at a Place Other Than That at Which He Has Contracted to Land

State: Central

Year: 1958

249.1[Specjal trade passenger] or pilgrim not to be landed at a place other than that at which he has contracted to land No master, owner or agent of2[a special trade passenger ship] or a pilgrim ship shall land any1[special trade passenger] or pilgrim at any port or place other than the port or place at which the1[special trade passenger] or pilgrim may have contracted to land, unless with his previous consent, or unless the landing is made necessary by perils of the sea or other unavoidable accident. _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "an unberthed passenger ship" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Substituted for the words "an unberthed passenger ship" by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2.

Haj Committee Act, 1959 [Repealed] Section 13

Title: Sub-committees and Inspection of Pilgrim Ships

State: Central

Year: 1959

.....when inspecting a pilgrim ship shall be accompanied by the certifying officer appointed for the port under section 151 of the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, 1923 ( 21 of 1953 ), or by the Surveyor of the ship or other person deputed by the certifying officer. (3) The Executive Officer of the Committee, or a sub-committee appointed under sub-section (1) may enter and inspect any pilgrim ship advertised or offering to sail from, or which has returned to, the port of Bombay. (4) A master or any officer of a pilgrim ship who fails to render reasonable facilities for such inspection shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. (5) No magistrate other than a presidency magistrate or magistrate of the first class shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under sub-section (4), and such magistrate shall take cognizance of such offence only on written complaint by the Chairman of the Committee. (6) The Committee may also appoint other sub-committees for such purposes as it may think fit and any such sub-committee shall consist of such number of members and other persons as may be determined by bye-laws made in this behalf by the Committee.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 247

Title: Special Trade Passengers or Pilgrims to Be Supplied with Prescribed Provisions

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....him, omit to supply to any pilgrim the prescribed allowances of food and of water as required by the provisions of this Part. (2) Where, under the terms of the ticket issued to 1 [a special trade passenger,] he is not entitled to the supply of food by the master or owner or agent of the ship, sub-section (1) shall, in the case of such passenger, have effect as if the reference to "food" in that sub-section were omitted. _______________________ 1. Substituted for the words "unberthed passengers" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 2. Substituted for the words "an unberthed passenger ship" by the Merchant Shipping (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2. 3. Substituted for the words "unberthed passenger" by (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (69 of 1976), Section 2.

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 270

Title: Bond Where Pilgrim Ship Proceeds on Outward Voyage

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) Port clearance shall not be granted from any port in India to any pilgrim ship unless the master, owner or agent and two sureties resident in India have executed, in favour of the Central Government a joint and several bond for the sum of ten thousand rupees or has given such other guarantee or security as may be acceptable to that Government covering all voyages which may be made by the ship in the current pilgrim season, conditioned that (a) the master and medical officer shall comply with the provisions of this Part and the rules made there under, and (b) the master, owner or agent shall pay any sum claimed by the Central Government under sub-section (2) of Section 277, (2) A bond, guarantee or security may be given under this section covering any or all of the pilgrim ships owned by one owner, and in such cases the amount of the bond, guarantee or security shall be ten thousand rupees for each ship covered.