Section 261C
Airing space to be provided for passengers.
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[261C. Airing space to be provided for passengers.--Every special trade passenger ship shall
have reserved as airing space for the use of passengers on board, gratuitously by day and by night, so
much of the upper deck as is not required for the airing space of the crew or for permanent structure:
Provided that the upper deck space so provided for passengers shall in no case be less than 0.37 square meter for each passenger.]
Provided that the upper deck space so provided for passengers shall in no case be less than 0.37 square meter for each passenger.]
Notes
1 . Ins. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 14 (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).