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 296: Power to make rules.
    (1) The Central Government may make rules to carry out the purposes of this Part relating to radio telegraphy or radio telephony, 1[or radio direction finders.]
     (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may prescribe--
         (a) the nature of the radio telegraph or radio telephone installation and radio direction finding apparatus to be provided and of the service to be maintained, the form of the radio log and the particulars to be entered therein, and the number, grades and qualifications of certified operators to be carried;
         1[(aa) the nature of radio telegraph installation to be provided on motor life-boats and survival craft.]
         (b) the manner in which a notice given under section 294 shall be communicated to the customs collector.
         (c) the charging of fees for the grant of the certificate referred to in sub-section (3) of section 294, the amount of such fees and the manner in which they shall be recoverable.
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 12, ibid. (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).
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