Section 289
Rules relating to fire appliances.
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 Central Government may make rules
prescribing the methods to be carried and the appliances to be carried by every Indian ship
going to sea from any port or place in India for the prevention, detection and extinction of fire
on the ship (hereinafter referred to as fire appliances).