Section 77
When officers deemed duly certificated.
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.
Subject to the provisions contained in section 86,
an officer shall not be deemed to be duly certificated under this Act unless he holds a certificate of a
grade appropriate to his station in the ship or of a higher grade granted in accordance with this Act.