Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

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Section : Certificate of Load Line Convention ships other than Indian ships tobe produced to customs.

324. Certificate of Load Line Convention ships other than Indian ships to be produced to customs. The master of every ship other than an Indian ship, being a ship of one hundred and fifty tons gross or more carrying cargo or passengers, and belonging to a country to which the Load Line Convention applies, shall produce to the customs collector from whom a port clearance for the ship from any port in India is demanded-- (a) in a case where port clearance is demanded in respect of a voyage to a port outside India, a valid international load line certificate; (b) in a case where port clearance is demanded in respect of any other voyage, either a valid international load line certificate or a valid Indian load line certificate; and the port clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the certificate required by this section is so produced. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Subs. by Act 25 of 1970, s. 12, for "on any such inspection" (w.e.f. 21-7-1968). 2. Ins. by s. 12, ibid. (w.e.f. 21-7-1968). 554

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