Merchant Shipping Act : Prohibition of engagement of seamen in Indian port without

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Prohibition of engagement of seamen in Indian port without dischargecertificate.

99. Prohibition of engagement of seamen in Indian port without discharge certificate. No person shall engage or carry to sea any seaman under this Act in any ship, except a home-trade ship of less than two hundred tons gross, from any port in India unless the seaman is in possession of a certificate of discharge or a continuous certificate of discharge issued under this Part.