Section 4

Registry of name, number and burthen.

The Coasting-vessels Act, 1838

  • Act 19 of 1838
  • Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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    1*** The name and number of every such vessels employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel and harbour-craft, and her burthen, and also the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, shall be registered in a took to be kept for that purpose by the person hereinafter directed to make such registry.
     Registry by whom to be made, Fresh registration.--At Bombay such registry shall be made by the 2[Principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Department], and at other places 3*** by the Collector of Seacustoms at such places respectively, or by such other person as shall be appointed by the 4[Central Government] to act at such places respectively, in the execution of this Act; and whenever any change shall take place in the burthen of such vessel employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel or harbour-craft, or in the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, such registry shall be made again:
     Provided, however, that it shall not be lawful to give any name to such vessel employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel or harbour-craft, other than that by which she was first registered.

Notes

1. The words "And it is hereby enacted, that" rep. by Act. 16 of 1874, s. 1 and the Schedule, Pt. I.
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950 (as amended by C. O. 29, dated 4-4-1951), for "Master-Attendant" (w.e.f. 26-1-1950).
3. The words "within the said State" omitted by Act 22 of 1952, s. 6.
4. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for "Government of Bombay".

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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