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 146: Restrictions on suits for wages.
    A proceeding for the recovery of wages due to a seaman or apprentice shall not be instituted by or on behalf of any seaman or apprentice in any civil court except where--
         (a) the owner of the ship has been declared insolvent;
         (b) the ship is under arrest or sold by the authority of any Court;
         (c) 1[a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or a Metropolitan Magistrate as the case may be,] refers a claim to the Court.
Notes:
1 . Subs. by Act 12 of 1983, s. 17 and the Schedule, for the words "a magistrate" (w.e.f. 19-5-1983).
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