Section 283
Countries to which Load Line Convention or Safety Convention applies.
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***The
Central Government, if satisfied,--
(a) that the Government of any country has accepted or denounced the Load Line Convention or, as the case may be, the Safety Convention; or
(b) that the Load Line Convention or, as the case may be, the Safety Convention extends, or has ceased to extend to any territory;
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make a declaration to that effect.
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(a) that the Government of any country has accepted or denounced the Load Line Convention or, as the case may be, the Safety Convention; or
(b) that the Load Line Convention or, as the case may be, the Safety Convention extends, or has ceased to extend to any territory;
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make a declaration to that effect.
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Notes
1. The brackets and figure "(1)" omitted by Act 25 of 1970, s. 3 (w.e.f.21-7-1968).
2. Omitted by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 21-7-1968).
2. Omitted by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 21-7-1968).