Section 261B
Space to be provided for passengers when bunks are not provided.
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[261B. Space to be provided for passengers when bunks are not provided.--Every special
trade passenger ship making a voyage the duration of which in ordinary circumstances may not extend
to seventy-two hours shall provide space for each passenger at the prescribed scale.]
Notes
1 . Ins. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).