Section 64
Unlawful assumption of Indian character.
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.
No person on board a ship which is not an
Indian ship shall, for the purpose of making it appear to be an Indian ship, use the Indian national
colours, unless the assumption of Indian character has been made (the burden of proving which shall
lie on him) for the purpose of escaping capture by the enemy or by a foreign ship of war in the
exercise of some belligerent right.