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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 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.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 356

Title: Power to Make Rules3 as to Signals

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....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 of 1966), section 34 [25-8-1966]. 2. Substituted for the words 'signals of distress and of urgency' by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1966 (21 of 1966), section 34 [25-8-1966]. 3. Substituted for radio telegraphy by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1966 (21 of 1966), section 34 [25-8-1966].

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Part VII

Title: Seamen and Apprentices

State: Central

Year: 1958

.....ordinarily engaged in maritime navigation, other than a ship of war.] _________________________ 1. Inserted by the Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 [Act No. 40 of 2007]. Section 100 - Agreements with crew The master of every Indian ship, except a home-trade ship of less than two hundred tons gross, shall enter into an agreement (in this Act called the agreement with the crew) in accordance with this Act with every seaman whom he engages in, and carries to sea as one of his crew from any port in India. Section 101 - Form and contents of the agreement (1) An agreement with the crew shall be in the prescribed form, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be1[signed by the owner or agent and the master] before any seaman signs the same. (2) The agreement with the crew shall contain as terms thereof the following particulars, namely:- (a) the name of the ship or ships on board which the seaman undertakes to serve: (b) either the nature and, as far as practicable, the duration of the intended voyage or engagement or the maximum period of the voyage or engagement, and the places or parts of the world, if any, to which the voyage.....

Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 Section 111

Title: Medical Examination of Young Persons

State: Central

Year: 1958

(1) Save as otherwise provided in subsection (2), no young person shall be engaged or carried to sea to work in any capacity in any ship, unless there has been delivered to the master a certificate granted by a prescribed authority that the young person is physically fit to be employed in that capacity. (2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply, (a) to the employment of a young person in a ship in which all persons employed are members of one family; or (b) where the shipping master, on the ground of urgency, has authorised a young person to be engaged and carried to sea, without the certificate required by sub-section (1) being delivered to the master, and the young person is not employed beyond the first port at which the ship in which he is so engaged calls except in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (j). (3) A Certificate of physical fitness required under this section shall remain in force for one year only from the date on which it is granted.