Section 344E
Foreign nuclear ships to give advance notice of arrival.
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.
1[344E. Foreign nuclear ships to give advance notice of arrival.--(1) No nuclear ship, other than
an Indian ship, shall enter the territorial waters of India unless the master, owner or agent thereof has
given such advance notice of the ship's intended arrival in India as may be prescribed, to such
authority as may be specified by the Central Government, and has forwarded along with the notice a
true copy of the ship's safety assessment to that authority.
(2) If on the examination and evaluation of the ship's safety assessment the authority referred to in sub-section (1) is of opinion that the entry of the ship will involve unreasonable radiation or other hazards to the crew, passengers, members of the public, waterways, food or water resources, he may direct the nuclear ship not to enter the territorial waters of India and the ship shall comply with such direction.]
(2) If on the examination and evaluation of the ship's safety assessment the authority referred to in sub-section (1) is of opinion that the entry of the ship will involve unreasonable radiation or other hazards to the crew, passengers, members of the public, waterways, food or water resources, he may direct the nuclear ship not to enter the territorial waters of India and the ship shall comply with such direction.]
Notes
1 . Ins. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 30 (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).