Section 74
Reporting of casualty, accident, wreck, etc.
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) The State Government, may by notification,
appoint any designated authority for the purposes of this Chapter.
(2) The owner, operator or master of a mechanically propelled inland vessel, shall give information of
any wreck, abandonment, damage, casualty, accident, explosion or loss occurred to or on board such a
vessel while in the inland waters, to the officer in-charge of the nearest police station and to the
designated authority appointed under sub-section (1), in such form and manner as may be prescribed by
the State Government.
(3) The designated authority shall at once report the contents of the information referred to in subsection (2) to the District Magistrate.
(4) The officer in-charge of the police station shall, on receipt of information referred to in subsection (2), investigate into the matter and submit a report to the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
(5) The Judicial Magistrate may, on receiving the report referred to in sub-section (4), take action as he may deem fit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVI.
(3) The designated authority shall at once report the contents of the information referred to in subsection (2) to the District Magistrate.
(4) The officer in-charge of the police station shall, on receipt of information referred to in subsection (2), investigate into the matter and submit a report to the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XII of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
(5) The Judicial Magistrate may, on receiving the report referred to in sub-section (4), take action as he may deem fit in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XVI.