Section 322
Recognition of load line certificates issued outside India.
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.
An international 1[load line
certificate or, as the case may be, an international load line exemption certificate] issued in respect of
any ship other than an Indian ship by the Government of the country to which the ship belongs shall,
subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf, have the same effect in India
as a 1[load line certificate or, as the case may be, an international load line exemption certificate]
issued in respect of an Indian ship under this Part.
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 25 of 1970, s. 11, for "load line certificate" (w.e.f. 21-7-1968).