Section 315
Inspection of ships with respect to load lines.
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.
A surveyor may inspect any Indian ship
for the purpose of seeing that the provisions of this Part relating to load lines have been complied with
and for this purpose may go on board the ship at all reasonable times and do all things necessary for
the proper inspection of the ship and may also require the master of the ship to supply him with any
information which it is in the power of the master to supply for that purpose, including the production
of any certificate granted under this Part in respect of the ship.