Merchant Shipping Act : Cognizance of offences. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Cognizance of offences.

438. Cognizance of offences. The penalties to which masters and owners of unberthed passenger and pilgrim ships are made liable by section 436 shall be enforced only on information laid at the instance of the certifying officer, or, at any port or place where there is no such officer at the instance of such other officer as the Central Government may specify in this behalf.