Section 37 of The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024: Wreck and salvage.

The Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024

  • Act 16 of 2024
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation
About this Act

An Act to provide for regulation and control of the design, manufacture, maintenance, possession, use, operation, sale, export and import of aircraft and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

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    (1) The provisions of Part XIII of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), relating to Wreck and Salvage shall apply to aircraft on or over the sea or tidal water as they apply to ships, and the owner of an aircraft shall be entitled to a reasonable reward for salvage services rendered by the aircraft in like manner as the owner of a ship.
    (2) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such modifications of the said provisions in their application to aircraft as appear necessary or expedient.

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