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 299: Safety certificates and qualified safety certificates for passenger ships.
    (1) Where, on receipt of a declaration of survey granted under Part VIII in respect of passenger ship, the Central Government is satisfied that the ship complies with the construction rules and with the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under relating to life saving and fire appliances and 1[radio installation] applicable to such ship and is provided with lights and shapes and the means of making fog and distress signals required by the collision regulations, the Central Government may issue in respect of the ship a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a 2[passenger ship safety certificate.]
     (2) Where on receipt of a declaration of survey granted under Part VIII in respect of a passenger ship the Central Government is satisfied that there is in force in respect of the ship an exemption certificate granted under section 302 and that the ship complies with all the requirements referred to in sub-section (1) other than those from which the ship is exempt under that certificate, the Central Government may issue in respect of the ship a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a 3[qualified passenger ship safety certificate].
    4[(3) Where on receipt of a declaration of survey granted under Part VIII in respect of a special trade passenger ship 5***, the Central Government is satisfied that the ship complies with the provisions of this Act and the rules made there under relating to construction, life saving appliances and space requirements, it may in addition to the certificates referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2), issue in respect of the ship a special trade passenger ship safety certificate and a special trade passenger ship space certificate.]
     6[(4) The certificates issued under sub-sections (1) and (2), sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 300 and section 301 shall be supplemented by a record of equipment in the prescribed form.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 63 of 2002, s. 8, for "radio telegraphy or radio telephony installation and radio direction finder" (w.e.f.1-2-2003).
2. Subs. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 15, for "safety certificate" (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).
3. Subs. by s. 15, ibid., for "qualified safety certificate", (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).
4. Ins. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 22 (w.e.f.1-12-1976).
5.The words "or a pilgrim ship" omitted by Act 63 of 2002, s. 8 (w.e.f. 1-2-2003).
6. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-2003).
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