Section 183
Reference in matters of doubt to shipping masters.
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.
If any court is in doubt whether, for
the purposes of section 180 or section 181, a seaman is or was at any particular time or during any
particular period a serving seaman, it may refer the question to the shipping master, and the certificate
of the shipping master shall be conclusive evidence on the question.