Merchant Shipping Act : Obligation to register. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Obligation to register.

435C. Obligation to register. Every Indian fishing boat shall be registered under this Part: Provided that any Indian fishing boat registered at the commencement of this Part under Part V or Part XV of this Act or any other law for the time being in force in India shall be deemed to have been registered under this Part: Provided further that every Indian fishing boat so deemed to have been registered shall be re-registered under this Part within such period from the commencement of this Part as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify: Provided also that registration of non-mechanised sailing vessels will commence in different ports on such dates as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.