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 75: Application of Part.
    1[75. Application of Part.--This Part applies to--
         (a) every sea-going Indian ship fitted with mechanical means of propulsion wherever it is; and
         (b) every foreign ship while it is a port or place in India.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sections 75 and 76 (w.e.f. 1-7-1989).
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