Sections | Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 |
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| Preamble |
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| PART I: PARAMILITARY |
1. | Short title and commencement |
2. | Application of Act |
3. | Definitions |
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| PART II: NATIONAL SHIPPING BOARD |
4. | Establishment of National Shipping Board |
5. | Functions of National Shipping Board |
6. | Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Part |
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| PART III: GENERAL ADMINISTRATION |
7. | Director-General of Shipping |
8. | Mercantile Marine Department |
9. | Surveyors |
10. | Radio inspectors |
11. | Shipping offices |
12. | Seamens employment offices |
13. | Seamens welfare officers |
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| PART IV: SHIPPING DEVELOPMENT FUND |
14. | Formation of Shipping Development Fund |
15. | Shipping Development Fund Committee |
16. | Application of the Shipping Development Fund |
17. | Acts and proceedings of Committee not to be invalid |
18. | Dissolution of the Committee |
19. | Power to make rules in respect to matters in this Part |
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| PART V: REGISTRATION OF INDIAN SHIPS |
20. | Application of Part |
21. | Indian ships |
22. | Obligation to register |
| Procedure for registration |
23. | Ports of registry |
24. | Registrars of Indian ships |
25. | Register book |
26. | Application for registry |
27. | Survey and measurement of ships before registry |
28. | Marking of ship |
29. | Declaration of ownership on registry |
30. | Evidence on first registry |
31. | Entry of particulars in register book |
32. | Documents to be retained by registrar |
33. | Power of Central Government to inquire into title of Indian ship to be so registered |
| Certificate of registry |
34. | Grant of certificate of registry |
35. | Custody and use of certificate |
36. | Power to grant new certificate when original certificate is defaced, lost, etc. |
37. | Endorsement on certificate of change of master |
38. | Endorsement on certificate of change of ownership |
39. | Delivery of certificate of ship lost or ceasing to be an Indian ship |
40. | Provisional certificate for ships becoming Indian ships abroad |
41. | Temporary pass in lieu of certificate of registry |
| Transfers of ships, shares, etc. |
42. | Transfer of ships or shares |
43. | Registry of transfer |
44. | Transmission of property in Indian ship on death, insolvency, etc. |
45. | Order for sale where ship has ceased to be an Indian ship |
46. | Transfer of ship on sale by order of court |
47. | Mortgage of ship or share |
48. | Entry of discharge of mortgage |
49. | Priority of mortgages |
50. | Mortgagee not deemed to be owner |
51. | Rights of mortgagee |
52. | Mortgage not affected by insolvency |
53. | Transfer of mortgages |
54. | Transmission of interest in mortgage in certain circumstances |
55. | Rules as to name of ship |
| Registry of alterations, registry anew and transfer of registry |
56. | Registry of alternations |
57. | Regulations for registry of alternations |
58. | Provisional certificate and endorsement where ship is to be registered anew |
59. | Registry anew on change of ownership |
60. | Procedure for registry anew |
61. | Transfer of registry |
62. | Restrictions on re-registry of abandoned ships |
| National character and flag |
63. | National colours for Indian ships |
64. | Unlawful assumption of Indian character |
65. | Concealment of Indian, or assumption of foreign, character |
66. | Indian ships to hoist proper national colours in certain cases |
67. | National character of ship to be declared before clearance |
| Miscellaneous |
68. | Liabilities of ships not recognised as Indian ships |
69. | Proceedings on forfeiture of ship |
70. | Notice of trust not received |
71. | Liability of owners |
72. | Evidence of register book, certificate of registry and other documents |
73. | Power to register Government ships under this Part |
74. | Power to make rules in respect of matters in this Part |
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| PART VI: CERTIFICATES OF OFFICERS |
| Masters, mates and engineers |
75. | Application of Part |
76. | Certificates of competency to be held by officers of ships |