Section 381
Power of Central Government to cancel or suspend other certificates.
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.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act, the Central Government may, at any time, without any formal
investigation or inquiry, cancel or suspend any certificate granted by it under this Act, other than a
certificate granted to a master, mate or engineer, if, in its opinion, the holder is, or has become, unfit
to act in the grade for which the certificate was granted to him:
Provided that no order under this section shall be passed by the Central Government unless the person concerned has been given an opportunity of making a representation against the order proposed.
Provided that no order under this section shall be passed by the Central Government unless the person concerned has been given an opportunity of making a representation against the order proposed.