Section 102
Engagement of seaman where agreement is made out of India.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958
About this Act
An Act to foster the development and ensure the efficient maintenance of an Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interests and for that purpose to establish a National Shipping Board to provide for the registration, certification, safety and security of Indian ships and generally to amend and consolidate the law relating to merchant shipping.
1[102. Engagement of seaman where agreement is made out of India.--Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other provision of this Act, the master of a ship registered at a port outside
India who has an agreement with the crew made in due form according to the law of that port or of the
port in which her crew were engaged may engage in any port in India--
(a) a seaman who is not a citizen of India and who holds a continuous discharge certificate or any other similar document of identity issued by the competent authority of the country in which the ship is registered or, as the case may be, of the country in which the said agreement was made; or
(b) a seaman who is a citizen of India and who holds a certificate of discharge or a continuous certificate of discharge issued under this Act,
and any seaman so engaged under clause (a) or clause (b) may sign the agreement aforesaid and it shall not be necessary for him to sign an agreement under this Act.]
(a) a seaman who is not a citizen of India and who holds a continuous discharge certificate or any other similar document of identity issued by the competent authority of the country in which the ship is registered or, as the case may be, of the country in which the said agreement was made; or
(b) a seaman who is a citizen of India and who holds a certificate of discharge or a continuous certificate of discharge issued under this Act,
and any seaman so engaged under clause (a) or clause (b) may sign the agreement aforesaid and it shall not be necessary for him to sign an agreement under this Act.]
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 41 of 1984, s. 5, for section 102 (w.e.f. 15-7-1985).