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 352U: Contribution payable by persons to the Fund.
    1[352U. Contribution payable by persons to the Fund.--(1) The contributions payable to the Fund by a person for any year shall be,--
         (a) such amount as may be determined by the Assembly of the Fund under Articles 10 and 12 of the Fund Convention;
         (b) in such installments, becoming due at such dates,
as may be notified and if any amount due from such person remains unpaid after the date on which it became due, it shall from that due date bear interest at a rate determined by the said Assembly until it is paid.
     (2) The Central Government may require persons, who are or may be liable to pay contributions to the Fund under section 352T, to give financial security for payment of contributions to that Government or the Fund.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 27, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-2993).
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