Section 453
Certain persons deemed to be public servants.
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.
The following persons shall be deemed to
be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), namely:--
(a) every surveyor;
(b) every judge, assessor or other person acting under Part XII;
(c) every person appointed under this Act to report information as to shipping casualties;
(d) every person authorised under this Act to make any investigation or inquiry under Part X and all persons whom he calls to his aid;
(e) every person directed to make an investigation into an explosion or fire on a ship under section 388;
(f) every other officer or person appointed under this Act to perform any functions thereunder.
(a) every surveyor;
(b) every judge, assessor or other person acting under Part XII;
(c) every person appointed under this Act to report information as to shipping casualties;
(d) every person authorised under this Act to make any investigation or inquiry under Part X and all persons whom he calls to his aid;
(e) every person directed to make an investigation into an explosion or fire on a ship under section 388;
(f) every other officer or person appointed under this Act to perform any functions thereunder.