Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

PART VIII: PASSENGER SHIPS

Survey of passenger ships

Alternations in ships subsequent to grant of certificate of survey, and additional surveys

Power to require delivery of expired or cancelled certificate of survey

Certificate or survey to be affixed in conspicuous part of ship

Ship not to carry passengers in contravention of Act

Keeping order in passenger ships

Offences in connection with passenger ships

Power to exclude drunken passengers from passenger ships

Ships with certificates of survey or certificates of partial survey granted outside India

Power to make rules as to surveys

Ports or places where unberthed passengers or pilgrims may embark or be discharged

Notice to be given of day of sailing

Power to enter on and inspect ship

Ship not to sail without certificates A and B

Contents of certificate A

Contents of certificate B

Officers entitled to grant certificates

Survey of ship

Discretion as to grant of certificate B

Copy of certificate A to be exhibited

Unberthed passengers or pilgrims to be supplied with prescribed provisions

Number of passengers on board not to exceed that allowed by or under this Part

Unberthed passenger of pilgrim not to be landed at a place other than that at which he has contracted to land

Forwarding of passengers by Indian consular officers

Recovery of expenses in cured in forwarding passengers

Ship not to make voyage in contravention of contract

Information to be sent to ports of embarkation and discharge

Reports, etc., under section 253 to be admissible in evidence

Special provisions relating to unberthed passenger ships

Destination of ship, time of sailing, etc., to be advertised

Ship taking additional passengers at intermediate place

Statements concerning passengers

Death of unberthed passengers on voyage

Certain ships to carry medical officer and attendants

Bringing passengers from foreign port in excess of authorised number prohibited

Passenger welfare cess

Power to make rules as to unberthed passenger ships

Bunks to be provided for pilgrims

Hospital accommodation

Statements concerning pilgrims to be delivered before ship departs

Pilgrim ship taking additional pilgrims at intermediate places

Particulars relating to deaths of pilgrims on voyage

Statement concerning pilgrims to be delivered before pilgrims disembark in India

Certain pilgrim ships to carry medical officers and attendants

Bond where pilgrim ship provides on outward voyage

Medical inspection and permission required before embarkation of pilgrims

Medical inspection after embarkation in certain cases

Pilgrims to arrange return passages

Issue or production of tickets

Refund of passage money and deposits

Disposal of unclaimed passage money and deposits

Cost of return journey of pilgrims on ships other than those for which return ticket is available

Notice of sailing of pilgrim ship

Compensation for delay in sailing

Substitution of ships

Sanitary taxes payable by master of pilgrim ship

Power to make rules relating to pilgrims ships

PART IX: SAFETY

Countries to which Load Line Convention or Safety Convention applies

Construction of ships

Construction rules

Prevention of collisions

Collision regulations

Observance of collision regulations

Inspectors of lights and shapes and fog and distress signals

Life saving appliance and fire appliance

Power to make rules as to life saving appliances

Rules relating to fire appliances

Inspection of life saving appliances and fire appliances

Installation of radio telegraphy, radio telephony and direction finders

Radio requirements

Radio direction finding apparatus

Radio log

Powers of radio inspectors

Application of this Part to ships other than Indian ships

Power to make rules

Signalling lamps

Information about ships stability

Safety certificates and qualified safety certificates for passenger ships

Safety equipment and equipment certificates for ships other than passenger ships

Radio telegraphy and telephony certificates

Exemption certificates

Duration of certificates

Modification of safety convention certificates as respects life saving appliances