Section 32
Documents to be retained by registrar.
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.
On the registry of a ship, the registrar shall retain
in his custody the following documents :--
(a) the surveyor's certificate;
(b) the builder's certificate;
(c) any instrument of sale by which the ship was previously sold;
(d) all declarations of ownership.
(a) the surveyor's certificate;
(b) the builder's certificate;
(c) any instrument of sale by which the ship was previously sold;
(d) all declarations of ownership.