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 440: Special provision regarding punishment.
    Notwithstanding anything contained in 1[section 29 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),] it shall be lawful for a 2[Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate] to pass any sentence authorised by or under this Act on any person convicted of an offence under this Act or any rule or regulation thereunder.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 12 of 1983, s. 17 and the Schedule, for "section 32 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898)" (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).
2. Subs. by s. 17 and the Schedule, ibid., for "presidency magistrate or a magistrate of the first class" (w.e.f. 18-5-1983).
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