Sections | Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 |
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| PART VI: CERTIFICATES OF OFFICERS |
| Masters, mates and engineers |
77. | When officers deemed duly certificated |
78. | Grades of certificates of competency |
79. | Examinations for, and grant of, certificates |
80. | Certificates of service of naval officers |
81. | Form of certificates |
82. | Record of orders affecting certificates |
83. | Loss of certificates |
84. | Production of certificates of competency to shipping master |
85. | Power to cancel or suspend certificates obtained on false or erroneous information |
86. | Recognition of certificates of competency or service granted in other countries |
87. | Power to make rules as to grant, cancellation or suspension of certificates of competency |
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| PART VII: SEAMEN AND APPRENTICES |
| Classification of seamen and prescription of minimum manning scale |
88. | Power to classify seamen |
| Shipping masters |
89. | Duties of shipping masters |
90. | Fees to be paid |
| Apprenticeship to the sea service |
91. | Assistance for apprenticeship to sea service |
92. | Special provisions as to apprenticeship to the sea service |
93. | Manner in which contract is to be recorded |
94. | Production of contracts to authorised person before voyage in ship |
| Seamen's employment offices |
95. | Business of seamens employment offices |
96. | Supply or engagement of seamen in contravention of Act prohibited |
97. | Receipt of remuneration from seamen for shipping them prohibited |
| Engagement of seamen |
98. | Qualifications for, and medical examination of, seamen |
99. | Prohibition of engagement of seamen in Indian port without discharge certificate |
100. | Agreements with crew |
101. | Form and contents of the agreement |
102. | Engagement of seamen where agreement is made out of India |
103. | Special provisions with regard to agreements with crew of Indian ships |
104. | Renewal of running agreements in certain cases |
105. | Changes in crew to be reported |
106. | Certificate as to agreement with crew |
107. | Copy of agreement to be made accessible to the crew |
108. | Alternation in agreement with the crew |
| Employment of young persons |
109. | Employment of children |
110. | Engagement of young persons as trimmers or stokers |
111. | Medical examination of young persons |
112. | Maintenance of list or register of young persons in a ship |
113. | Power to make rules respecting employment of young persons |
| Engagement of seamen by masters of ships other than Indian ships |
114. | Engagements between seamen and masters of ships other than Indian ships |
115. | Power to prohibit engagement of persons as seamen |
116. | Engagement of seamen outside India for Indian ships |
117. | Power to board ships and muster seamen |
| Discharge of seamen |
118. | Discharge before shipping master |
119. | Certificate of discharge |
120. | Certificate as to work of seamen |
121. | Discharge and leaving behind of seamen by masters of Indian ships |
122. | Wages and other property of seaman or apprentice left behind |
123. | Repatriation of seamen on termination of service at foreign port |
124. | Discharge of seamen on change of ownership |
| Payment of wages |
125. | Master to deliver account of wages |
126. | Disrating of seamen |
127. | Deductions from wages of seamen |
128. | Payment of wages before shipping master |
129. | Time of payment of wages |
130. | Settlement of wages |
131. | Master to give facilities to seaman for remitting wages |
132. | Decision of questions by shipping masters |
133. | Power of shipping master to require production of ships papers |
134. | Rule as to payment to seamen in foreign currency |
| Advance and allotment of wages |
135. | Advance of wages |
136. | Allotment notes respecting seamens wages |
137. | Commencement and payment of sums allotted |
| Rights of seamen in repeat of wages |
138. | Right to wages and provisions |
139. | Right to recover wages and salvage not to be forfeited |
140. | Wages not to depend on freight |
141. | Wages on termination of service by wreck, illness, etc. |
142. | Wages not to accrue during absence without leave, refusal to work or imprisonment |
143. | Compensation to seamen for premature discharge |
144. | Restriction on sale of and charge upon wages |
| Mode of recovering wages |
145. | Summary proceedings for wages |
146. | Restrictions on suits for wages |
147. | Wages not recoverable outside India in certain cases |
148. | Remedies of master for wages, disbursements, etc. |
| Power of courts to rescind contracts |
149. | Power of court to rescind contract between master, owner or agent and seaman or apprentice |
| Disputes between seaman and employers |
150. | Power to refer disputes between seamen and their employers to tribunals |
151. | Conditions of service, etc., to remain unchanged during pendency of proceedings before tribunal |
| Property of deceased seamen and apprentices |
152. | Master to take charge of the effects of deceased seamen |