Act Number: 49

Act Name: The Recycling of Ships Act, 2019

Year: 2019

Enactment Date: 2019-12-13

Long Title: An Act to provide for the regulation of recycling of ships by setting certain standards and laying down the statutory mechanism for enforcement of such standards and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Shipping

Department:

Section 18: General requirements.
    (1) No ship shall be recycled without the written permission or, as the case may be, the deemed permission of the Competent Authority obtained in such manner as may be specified by the regulations.
     (2) Any ship registered in India and intended to be recycled outside the territory of India shall be recycled only at a ship recycling facility duly authorised by such authority as may be specified by the regulations.
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