Section 306:
Issue of certificates to foreign ships in India and Indian ships in foreign countries.
(1)
The Central Government may, at the request of the Government of a country to which the Safety
Convention applies, cause an appropriate safety convention certificate to be issued in respect of a ship
1[registered or to be registered] in that country, if it is satisfied in like manner as in the case of an
Indian ship that such certificate can properly be issued, and, where a certificate is issued at such a
request, it shall contain a statement that it has been so is issued.
(2) The Central Government may request the Government of a country to which the Safety
Convention applies, to issue an appropriate safety convention certificate 2[in respect of a ship
registered or to be registered in India] and a certificate issued in pursuance of such a request and
containing a statement that it has been so issued shall have effect for the purpose of this Act as if it
had been issued by the Central Government.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 21, for "registered" (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).
2. Subs. by s. 21, ibid., for "in respect of an Indian ship" (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).