Section 435C
Obligation to register.
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[435C. Obligation to register.--Every Indian fishing boat shall be registered under this Part:
Provided that any Indian fishing boat registered at the commencement of this Part under Part V or Part XV of this Act or any other law for the time being in force in India shall be deemed to have been registered under this Part:
Provided further that every Indian fishing boat so deemed to have been registered shall be reregistered under this Part within such period from the commencement of this Part as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify:
Provided also that registration of non-mechanised sailing vessels will commence in different ports on such dates as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.]
Provided that any Indian fishing boat registered at the commencement of this Part under Part V or Part XV of this Act or any other law for the time being in force in India shall be deemed to have been registered under this Part:
Provided further that every Indian fishing boat so deemed to have been registered shall be reregistered under this Part within such period from the commencement of this Part as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify:
Provided also that registration of non-mechanised sailing vessels will commence in different ports on such dates as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 15, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).