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 344C: Prohibition of proceeding to sea without certificates.
    1[344C. Prohibition of proceeding to sea without certificates.--(1) No Indian nuclear ship shall proceed on a voyage from any port or place in India to any port or place outside India unless there is in force in respect of the ship--
         (a) a nuclear passenger ship safety certificate, if she is a passenger ship;
         (b) a nuclear cargo ship safety certificate, if she is a cargo ship.
     (2) The master of a ship to which this section applies shall produce to the customs collector from whom a port clearance for the ship is demanded the certificate required by sub-section (1) when the ship proceeds to sea and the port clearance shall not be granted and the ship may be detained until the said certificate is so produced.]
Notes:
1 . Ins. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 30 (w.e.f. 28-5-1966).
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