Section 188
Prohibition against solicitation by lodging house keepers.
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.
No person shall, while a ship
is at any port or place in India--
(a) solicit a seaman or apprentice to become a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for hire; or
(b) take out of the ship any property of the seaman or apprentice except under the direction of the seaman or apprentice and with the permission of the master.
(a) solicit a seaman or apprentice to become a lodger at the house of any person letting lodgings for hire; or
(b) take out of the ship any property of the seaman or apprentice except under the direction of the seaman or apprentice and with the permission of the master.