Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Construction rules.
284. Construction rules. (1) The Central Government may make rules (in this Act called the construction rules), prescribing the requirements that the hull, equipment and machinery of Indian 5*[passenger or cargo ships] shall comply with. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Omitted by Act 12 of 1983, s. 8. 2. Ins.by s.,ibid. 3. The brackets and figure "(1)" and sub-section (2) omitted by Act 25 of 1970, s. 3 (w.e.f. 21-7-1968). 4. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 21-7-1968). 5. Subs. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 7, for "passenger ships". 532A (2) The rules made under sub-section (1) shall include such requirements as appear to the Central Government to implement the provisions of the Safety Convention prescribing the requirements that the hull, equipment and machinery of 1*[passenger or cargo ships] shall comply with, except so far as those provisions are implemented by the rules for life saving appliances, the radio rules, the rules for direction finders or the collision regulations: 1*[Provided that different requirements may be specified for special trade passenger ships.] (3) The powers conferred on the Central Government by this section shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other provision enabling it to prescribe the requirements that 2*[passenger or cargo ships] shall comply with. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 69 of 1976, s. 21 (w.e.f. 1-12-1976). 2. Subs. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 7, for "passenger ships". 533 Prevention of collisions
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