Section 437
Place of trial.
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.
Any person committing any offence under this Act or any rule or regulation
thereunder may be tried for the offence in any place in which he may be found or which the Central
Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, direct in this behalf, or in any other place in
which the might be tried under any other law for the time being in force.