Section 392
Duty of receiver where vessel is in distress.
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.
Where any vessel is wrecked, stranded or in
distress at any place on or near the coasts of India, the receiver of wreck, within the limits of whose
jurisdiction the place is situate, shall, upon being made acquainted with the circumstances, forthwith
proceed there, and upon his arrival shall take command of all persons present and shall assign such
duties and give such directions to each person as he thinks fit for the preservation of the vessel and of
the lives of the person's belonging to the vessel and of its cargo and equipment:
Provided that the receiver shall not interfere between the master and the crew of the vessel, in reference to the management thereof unless he is requested to do so by the master.
Provided that the receiver shall not interfere between the master and the crew of the vessel, in reference to the management thereof unless he is requested to do so by the master.