Merchant Shipping Act : Particulars to be furnished in plaints, etc. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Particulars to be furnished in plaints, etc.

179. Particulars to be furnished in plaints, etc. (1) If any person presenting any plaint, application or appeal to any court has reason to believe that any adverse party is a serving seaman, he shall make a statement accordingly in the plaint, application or appeal. (2) If any collector has reason to believe that any seaman who ordinarily resides or has property in his district and who is a party to any proceeding pending before any court is unable to appear therein or is a serving seaman, the collector may certify the facts to the court.