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 99A: Prohibition of engagement of seafarer without seafarer‟s identity document.
    1[99A. Prohibition of engagement of seafarer without seafarer's identity document.(1) No person shall engage or carry to sea any seafarer in any ship, unless the seafarer is in possession of seafarer's identity document.
     (2) The seafarer's identity document under sub-section (1) shall be issued in such form and manner and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
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Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 40 of 2007, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-3-2008).
2. Explanation omitted by Act 32 of 2014, s. 7 (w.e.f. 1-4-2015).
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