Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

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Section : Foreign nuclear ships to give advance notice of arrival.

344E. Foreign nuclear ships to give advance notice of arrival. (1) No nuclear ship, other than an Indian ship, shall enter the territorial waters of India unless the master, owner or agent thereof has given such advance notice of the ship's intended arrival in India as may be prescribed, to such authority as may be specified by the Central Government, and has forwarded along with the notice a true copy of the ship's safety assessment to that authority. 564A (2) If on the examination and evaluation of the ship's safety assessment the authority referred to in sub-section (1) is of opinion that the entry of the ship will involve unreasonable radiation or other hazards to the crew, passengers, members of the public, waterways, food or water resources, he may direct the nuclear ship not to enter the territorial waters of India and the ship shall comply with such direction.

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