Section 88
Power to classify seamen.
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 Central Government may make rules for the classification
of seamen other than ship's officers into different categories and for the prescription of the minimum
manning scale of seamen of such categories for ships; and different scales may be prescribed for
different classes of ships.