Merchant Shipping Act : Nomination. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Nomination.

3*[159A. Nomination. (1) A seaman may, for the purposes of sub- section (3) of section 141 and clause (b) of section 159 and an apprentice may, for the purposes of clause (b) of section 159, nominate any person or persons: Provided that if the seaman or the apprentice has a family, he may nominate for the purposes aforesaid any one or more members of his family only and if a seaman or an apprentice acquires a family after he has made any such nomination, the nomination shall become void. (2) The form in which any nomination may be made under sub- section (1), the cancellation or variation of any such nomination (including the making of a fresh nomination) and all other matters connected with such nominations shall be such as may be prescribed.