Section 329
Certificates to be produced to customs by ships other than Indian ships registered in non-Convention countries.
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 master of every ship registered in a country to which the Load
Line Convention does not apply shall produce to the customs collector from whom a port clearance
for the ship from any port in India is demanded, either an Indian load line certificate or a certificate
having effect under this Act as such a certificate, being a certificate for the time being in force in
respect of the ship, and the port clearance shall not be granted and the ship may be detained until the
certificate required by this section is so produced.