Section 447
Application of fines.
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[A Judicial Magistrate of the first class or a Metropolitan
Magistrate, as the case may be,] imposing a fine under this Act may, if he thinks fit, direct the whole
or any part thereof to be applied in compensating any person for any detriment which he may have
sustained by the act or default in respect of which the fine is imposed or in or towards payment of the
expenses of the prosecution.
Notes
1. Subs. by s. 17 and the Schedule, for "A Magistrate" (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).