Merchant Shipping Act,1958
Act No : 44
Section :
Power to make rules respecting certificates under this Part.
344. Power to make rules respecting certificates under this Part. (1) The Central Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Part relating to certificates granted under this Part. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may prescribe- (a) the form of any certificate issued under this Part (b) the circumstances in which a certificate purporting to have been issued outside India in accordance with the provisions of the Safety Convention or the Load Line Convention shall be recognised in India; (c) the fees to be charged in respect of any certificate issued under this Part and the manner in which such fees may be recovered. 2*[ (d) the fees to be charged for the survey or inspection of hull, machinery, boilers, electrical appliances and other fittings and the materials used for their construction, fire appliances, life saving appliances, radio communications equipment, radar, echo sounding device and gyro compass, or testing or approval of any of the foregoing equipments or materials used for their manufacture, or examination of plans of construction of any part of ship's hull, machinery, electrical appliances and other equipment aforesaid and the manner in which such fees may be recovered.]
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