Section 175
Application of this Chapter.
The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to merchant shipping to ensure compliance with India's obligation under the maritime treaties and international instruments to which India is a party and also to ensure the development of Indian shipping and efficient maintenance of Indian mercantile marine in a manner best suited to serve the national interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
This Chapter shall apply to,—
(a) pollution damage caused by,—
(i) Indian vessel within the jurisdiction of any contracting party to the Civil Liability Convention; and
(ii) Indian vessel and any ship while it is at a port or place in India including the coastal waters, extending not more than two hundred nautical miles from the baseline;
(b) preventive measures, wherever taken, to prevent or minimise such pollution damage.
(a) pollution damage caused by,—
(i) Indian vessel within the jurisdiction of any contracting party to the Civil Liability Convention; and
(ii) Indian vessel and any ship while it is at a port or place in India including the coastal waters, extending not more than two hundred nautical miles from the baseline;
(b) preventive measures, wherever taken, to prevent or minimise such pollution damage.