Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Cargo ship safety equipment and cargo ship equipment certificates forships other than passenger ships.
300. Cargo ship safety equipment and cargo ship equipment certificates for ships other than passenger ships. (1) If in respect of 1*[any Indian cargo ship of five hundred tons gross or more] the Central Government is satisfied that the ship complies with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder relating to life saving and fire appliances 2*** applicable to such ship and is provided with lights and shapes and the means of making fog and distress signals required by the collision regulations, the Central Government may issue in respect of the ship-- (a) where the ship performs voyages between ports or places in India and ports or places outside India, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a 3*[cargo ship safety equipment certificate]; (b) where the ship performs voyages only between ports or places in India, a certificate in the prescribed form to be called an 4*[cargo ship equipment certificate]. (2) Where in respect of any such ship as is referred to in sub- section (1), there is in force an exemption certificate granted under section 302 and the Central Government is satisfied that the ship complies with all the requirements referred to in that sub-section other than those from which the ship is exempt under that certificate, the Central Government may issue a certificate in the prescribed form to be called a qualified 5*[cargo ship] safety equipment certificate or a qualified 5*[cargo ship] equipment certificate, as the case may be.
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