Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

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Section : Inspection and control of ships to which the Convention applies.

356G. Inspection and control of ships to which the Convention applies. (1) A surveyor or any person authorised in this behalf, may, at any reasonable time, go on board a ship to which any of the provisions of this Part applies, for the purposes of-- (a) ensuring that the prohibitions, restrictions and obligations imposed by or under this Part are complied with: (b) satisfying himself about the adequacy of the measures taken to prevent the escape of oil or oily mixture from the ship; (c) ascertaining the circumstances relating to an alleged discharge of oil or oily mixture from the ship in contravention of the provisions of this Part; and (d) inspecting the oil record book. (2) The surveyor or any such person may, if necessary, make, without unduly delaying the ship, a true copy of any entry in the oil record book of the ship and may require the master of the ship to certify the copy to be a true copy and such copy shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated therein.

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