Section 292:
Radio direction finding apparatus.
1[(1)] Every Indian ship of sixteen hundred tons
gross or more shall be provided with a radio direction finder of the prescribed description.
2[(2) The Central Government may, by order in writing and subject to such conditions and
restrictions as may be specified therein, exempt any ship under five thousand tons gross tonnage from
the obligation imposed by sub-section (1), if that Government is satisfied, having regard to the area or
areas in which the ship is engaged on a voyage or voyages and the value of radio direction finder as a
navigational instrument and as an aid to locating ships, aircraft or survival craft, that such compliance
would be unreasonable or unnecessary.]
Notes:
1. Section 292 renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).
2. Ins. by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).