Act Number: 44

Act Name: The Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

Year: 1958

Enactment Date: 1958-10-30

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 26: Application for registry.
    An application for the registry of an Indian ship shall be made--
         (a) in the case of an individual, by the person requiring to be registered as owner or by his agent;
         (b) in the case of more than one individual requiring to be so registered, by some one or more of the persons so requiring or by his or their agent; and
         (c) in the case of a company 1[or a co-operative society] requiring to be so registered, by its agent;
and the authority of the agent shall be testified by writing, if appointed by an individual, under the hand of the person appointing him and, if appointed by a company, 1[or a co-operative society] under its common seal.
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 28-9-1981).
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