Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
power to make rules.
356O. Power to make rules (1) The Central Government may, having regard to the provisions of the Convention, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Part. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), such rules may-- (a) prescribe the specifications of heavy diesel oil for the purposes of sub-clause (iii) of clause (j) of section 356B; (b) prescribe the equipment to be fitted in Indian ships and other requirements to be complied with by those ships for the purposes of section 356E; (c) prescribe the forms of oil record books for tankers and other ships, the manner in which such books shall be maintained, the nature of the entries to be made therein, the time and circumstances in which such entries shall be made, the custody and disposal thereof and all other matters relating thereto for the purposes of section 356F; (d) prescribe the fees which may be levied for inspection of oil monitoring system, oily water separator, oil content metre, crude oil washing system, inert gas system or other equipments or contrivances carried out on board for preventing pollution of the sea by oil and the manner in which such fees may be collected; (e) specify the officers who shall collect the cess and the manner in which the cess shall be collected.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ins. by Act 21 of 1966, s. 34. 2. Subs. by s. 34, ibid., for "signals of distress and of urgency". 3. Subs. by s. 34, ibid., for "radio telegraphy". 4. Subs. by Act 12 of 1983, s. 17, for part IXA (ss. 356A to 356J). 568F
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