Merchant Shipping Act : Ports of registry. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Ports of registry.

23. Ports of registry. (1) The ports at which registration of ships shall be made shall be the ports of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras and such other ports in India as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be ports of registry under this Act. (2) The port at which an Indian ship is registered for the time being under this Act shall be deemed to be her port of registry and the port to which she belongs.