Section 231
Certificate of survey to be affixed in conspicuous part of ship.
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.
The owner or master of
every ship for which a certificate of survey has been granted under this Part shall forthwith, on the
receipt of the certificate cause one of the duplicates thereof to be affixed, and kept affixed so long as
the certificate remains in force and the ship is in use on some conspicuous part of the ship where it
may be easily read by all persons on board thereof.