Section 11
Powers of surveyors.
About this Act
An Act to promote economical and safe transportation and trade through inland waters, to bring uniformity in application of law relating to inland waterways and navigation within the country, to provide for safety of navigation, protection of life and cargo, and prevention of pollution that may be caused by the use or navigation of inland vessels, to ensure transparency and accountability of administration of inland water transportation, to strengthen procedures governing the inland vessels, their construction, survey, registration, manning, navigation and such other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) On receipt of the application from the owner or master or construction
yard for conducting survey, in such form and within such time as may be prescribed by the Central
Government, the surveyor may board or enter and inspect a mechanically propelled inland vessel:
Provided that the surveyor shall not unnecessarily hinder the loading or unloading of cargo or;
embarking or dis-embarking of passengers of the mechanically propelled inland vessel, or unnecessarily
detain or delay her from proceeding on any voyage.
(2) The owner, operator, master and crew of the mechanically propelled inland vessel shall render the surveyor, all reasonable facilities for conducting survey, and all information with respect to such mechanically propelled inland vessel, and her machinery or any part thereof, and all equipment and articles on board, as he may require for the purposes of a survey
(2) The owner, operator, master and crew of the mechanically propelled inland vessel shall render the surveyor, all reasonable facilities for conducting survey, and all information with respect to such mechanically propelled inland vessel, and her machinery or any part thereof, and all equipment and articles on board, as he may require for the purposes of a survey