Section 344L
Ship identification number.
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[344L. Ship identification number.--(1) The Central Government or the designated authority, as
the case may be, shall provide every Indian ship of one hundred gross tonnage and above and every
Indian cargo ship of three hundred gross tonnage and above, a ship identification number, which
conforms to the relevant scheme formulated by the International Maritime Organisation.
(2) All the certificates issued under this Act and all certified copies thereof shall bear the ship identification number.]
(2) All the certificates issued under this Act and all certified copies thereof shall bear the ship identification number.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 40 of 2007, s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-3-2008).