Section 435P
Closure of registry.
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[435P. Closure of registry.--If an Indian fishing boat is lost, destroyed or rendered permanently
unfit for service, the owner of such fishing boat shall, with the least possible delay, report the fact to
the registrar of the port or place where the fishing boat is registered and also forward to him certificate
of registry in respect of the fishing boat; and thereupon the registrar shall have the registry of the
fishing boat closed.]
Notes
1. Ins. by s. 15, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).