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 352W: Liability of the Fund.
    1[352W. Liability of the Fund.--Where any person suffering pollution damage has been unable to obtain the full and adequate compensation for the damage under the terms of the Liability Convention on any of the grounds specified in Article 4 of the Fund Convention, the Fund shall be liable for pollution damage in accordance with the provisions of the Fund Convention.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by s. 27, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-2-2993).
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