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 237: Ports or places where special trade passengers or pilgrims may embark or be discharged.
    (1) Neither 2[a special trade passenger ship] nor a pilgrim ship shall depart or proceed from on discharge 3[special trade passengers] or pilgrims, as the case may be, at any port or place within India other than a port or place appointed in this behalf by the Central Government for 1[special trade passenger ships] or pilgrim ships, as the case may be.
     (2) After a ship has departed or proceeded on a voyage from a port or place so appointed, a person shall not be received on board as 4[a special trade passenger] or pilgrim, as the case may be, except at some other port or place so appointed.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 2, for "unberthed passenger ships" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).
2. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "an unbertherd passengers" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).
3. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "unbertherd passengers" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).
4. Subs. by s. 2, ibid., for "an unbertherd passenger" (w.e.f. 1-12-1976).
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