Section 19Q:
Reciprocity.
Where the Central Government is satisfied that by the law or practice
of any country outside India, inland 1[mechanically propelled vessels] having a certificate of
registration in force under this Act--
(a) obtain by reason of such registration any special exemption in that country while plying in
the inland waters thereof, or
(b) arc required as a condition of plying in the inland waters of that country to comply
with any special requirement, whether by way of registration anew or payment of a f ee or
otherwise,the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, for the purpose of
reciprocity, direct that the same exemption or requirement, or an exemption or a requirement
as similar thereto as may be, be granted to, or imposed upon, inland 1[mechanically propelled
vessels] registered in that country while plying in the inland waters of the territories to which
this Act extends.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w.e.f. 1-5-1978).