Section 337
Liability of Central Government for costs and damage when ship wrongly detained.
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.
If
it appears that there was not reasonable and probable cause, by reason of the condition of the ship or
the act or default of the owner or the master, for the provisional detention of a ship, the Central
Government shall be liable to pay to the owner of the ship his costs of and incidental to the detention
and survey of the ship, and also compensation for any loss or damage sustained by him by reason of
the detention or survey.