Section 84
Certified master to be deemed pilot under Act 15 of 1908.
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.
Subject to the provisions of
section 83, every master of any mechanically propelled inland vessel, who possesses a master's certificate
granted under this Act and in force, shall, in ports to which section 31 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908 has
been extended, be deemed, for the purposes of that section, to be the pilot of the mechanically propelled
inland vessel of which he is in-charge.