Section 435H
Particular relating to Indian fishing boats to be painted.
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[435H. Particular relating to Indian fishing boats to be painted.--The owner of every Indian
fishing boat so registered shall, before commissioning the fishing boat into service, paint or cause to
be painted permanently in the prescribed manner on some conspicuous part of the fishing boat, the
name by which the fishing boat has been registered, the number assigned to the fishing boat by the
registrar and the port or place to which she belongs, and shall take all steps to ensure that the fishing
boat remains painted as required by this section.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 15, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).