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 439: Jurisdiction of Magistrate.
    No court inferior to that of 1[Metropolitan Magistrate or a, Judicial Magistrate of the first class] shall try any offence under this Act or any rule or regulation thereunder.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 12 of 1983, s. 17 and the Schedule, for "presidency magistrate or a magistrate of the first class" (w.e.f.18-5-1983).
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