Section 67
National character of ship to be declared before clearance.
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 customs collector shall
not grant a clearance for any ship until the master of such ship has declared to that officer the name of
the country to which he claims that she belongs, and that officer shall thereupon inscribe that name on
the clearance.
(2) If a ship attempts to proceed to sea without such clearance, she may be detained by any customs collector until the declaratioin is made.
(2) If a ship attempts to proceed to sea without such clearance, she may be detained by any customs collector until the declaratioin is made.