Merchant Shipping Act : Method of giving helm orders. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Method of giving helm orders.

353. Method of giving helm orders. No person on any Indian ship shall, when the ship is going ahead, give a helm or steering order containing the word "starboard" or "right" or any equivalent of "starboard" or "right" unless he 567 intends that the head of the ship shall move to the "right" or give a helm or steering order containing the word "port" or "left" or any equivalent of "port" or "left" unless he intends that the head of the ship shall move to the left.