| Sections | Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 |
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| | Miscellaneous provisions relating to cancellation and suspension of certificates |
| 381. | Power of Central Government to cancel or suspend other certificates |
| | Re-hearing of cases |
| 382. | Re-hearing |
| | Courts of Survey |
| 383. | Constitution of court of survey |
| 384. | Appeal from surveyor to court of survey |
| 385. | Powers and procedure of court of survey |
| 386. | Power to make rules |
| | Scientific referees |
| 387. | Reference in difficult cases to scientific persons |
| | Investigations into explosions or fires onboard ships |
| 388. | Power to investigate causes of explosion or fire on board ship |
| 389. | Report to be made regarding cause of explosion or fire |
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| | PART XIII: WRECK AND SALVAGE |
| | Wreck |
| 390. | Definition of coasts |
| 391. | Receivers of wreck |
| 392. | Duty of receiver where vessel is in distress |
| 393. | Power to pass over adjoining lands |
| 394. | Power of receiver of wreck to suppress plunder and disorder by force |
| 395. | Procedure to be observed by persons finding wreck |
| 396. | Investigation of certain matters in respect of vessels wrecked |
| 397. | Notice to be given by receiver |
| 398. | Immediate sale of wreck by receiver in certain cases |
| 399. | Claims of owners to wreck |
| 400. | Prohibition of certain acts in respect of wreck |
| 401. | Search warrants where wreck is concealed |
| | Salvage |
| 402. | Salvage payable for saving life, cargo or wreck |
| 403. | Savings |
| 404. | Power to make rules respecting wreck and salvage |
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| | PART XIV: CONTROL OF INDIAN SHIPS AND SHIPS ENGAGED IN COASTING TRADE |
| 405. | Application of Part |
| 406. | Indian ships and chartered ships to be licensed |
| 407. | Licensing of ships for coasting trade |
| 408. | Revocation or modification of licence |
| 409. | Licences to be surrendered when they ceased to be valid |
| 410. | No port clearance until licence is produced |
| 411. | Power to give directions |
| 412. | Power to fix shipping rates |
| 413. | Power to Director-General to call for information |
| 414. | Power to make rules |
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| | PART XV: SAILING VESSELS |
| 415. | Application of Part |
| 416. | Decision of question whether a vessel is a sailing vessel |
| 417. | Certificate of registry |
| 418. | Particulars relating to sailing vessel to be painted |
| 419. | Change of name of sailing vessel |
| 420. | Prevention of overloading or overcrowding |
| 421. | Certificate of inspection |
| 422. | Cancellation, re-issue, etc., of certificate of inspection |
| 423. | Registry of alterations |
| 424. | Transfer of registry |
| 425. | Closure of registry |
| 426. | Restrictions on transfer of sailing vessels |
| 427. | Mortgages of sailing vessels |
| 428. | Fraudulent use of certificate of registry or certificate of inspection, etc., prohibited |
| 429. | Statement relating to crew of sailing vessel to be maintained |
| 430. | Inquiry into jettisoning of cargo |
| 431. | Non-Indian sailing vessels not to engage in coasting trade without permission |
| 432. | Detention of overloaded non-Indian sailing vessels |
| 433. | Power of courts to rescind contracts between owner and tindal |
| 434. | Application to sailing vessels of other provisions relating to ships |
| 435. | Power to make rules respecting sailing vessels |
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| | PART XVI: PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE |
| | Penalties |
| 436. | Penalties |
| 437. | Place of trial |
| 438. | Cognisance of offences |
| 439. | Jurisdiction of magistrates |
| 440. | Special provision regarding punishment |
| 441. | Offences by companies |
| 442. | Depositions to be received in evidence when witness cannot be produced |
| 443. | Power to detain foreign ship that has occasioned damage |
| 444. | Power to enforce detention of ship |
| 445. | Levy of wages, etc., by distress of movable property or ship |
| 446. | Notice to be given to consular representative of proceedings taken in respect of foreign ship |
| 447. | Application of fines |
| 448. | Service of documents |
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| | PART XVII: MISCELLANEOUS |
| 449. | Power to appoint examiners and to make rules as to qualifications of ship surveyors |
| 450. | No person to practise as ship surveyor unless qualified |
| 451. | Power of ship surveyor to inspect ship |
| 452. | Inquiry into cause of death on board Indian ship |
| 453. | Certain persons deemed to be public servants |
| 454. | Powers of persons authorised to investigate, etc. |
| 455. | Exemption of public ships, foreign and Indian |
| 456. | Power to exempt |
| 457. | General power to make rules |
| | General power to make rules |
| 458. | Provisions with respect to rules and regulations |
| 459. | Power to constitute committees to advise on rules, regulations and scales of fees |
| 460. | Protection of persons acting under Act |
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| | PART XVIII: REPEALS AND SAVINGS |
| 461. | Repeals and savings |
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| | SCHEDULE |
| | PART I |
| | PART II |
