Coasting Vessels Act,1838
Act No : 19
Section :
Registry by whom to be made. Fresh registration.
4. Registry of name, number and burthen.--11* The name and number of every such vessels employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel and harbour-craft, and her burthen, and also the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, shall be registered in a book to be kept for that purpose by the person hereinafter directed to make such registry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Short title given by the Bombay Short Titles Act, 1921 (Bom. Act 2 of 1921). This Act was declared by the Laws Local Extent Act, 1874 (15 of 1874), s. 5, to be in force in the whole of the Bombay Presidency, except the Scheduled Districts. This Act has been repealed in so far as it applies to sea- going ships fitted with mechanical means of propulsion and to sailing vessels by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958), s. 461 and Sch. The Act came into force in Pondicherry vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-10-1963) The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu with modifications by Reg. 12 of 1962 and Sch. and to Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands by Reg. 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1-10-1968). 2. The word "Bombay" omitted by Act 22 of 1952, s. 3. 3. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. Original s. 1 was rep. by Act 14 of 1870, s. 1 and Sch., Pt. II. 4. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "to the States". 5. Ins., ibid. 6. The words and figures "And it is hereby enacted, that from the said first day of November, 1838" rep. by Act 16 of 1874, s. 1 and Sch., Pt. I. 7. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "any of Her Majesty's subjects". 8. The words "residing within the State of Bombay" Omitted by Act 22 of 1952, s. 5. 9. Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for "the said State". 10. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "any of the same Her Majesty's subjects". 11. The words "And it is hereby enacted, that" rep. by Act 16 of 1874, s. 1 and Sch., Pt. I. 12 Registry by whom to be made. Fresh registration.--At Bombay such registry shall be made by the 1* [Principal Officer, Mercantile Marine Department], and at other places 2*by the Collector of Sea- customs at such places respectively, or by such other person as shall be appointed by the 3*[Central Government] to act at such places respectively, in the execution of this Act; and whenever any change shall take place in the burthen of such vessel employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel or harbour-craft, or in the name or names of the owner or owners thereof, such registry shall be made again: Provided, however, that it shall not be lawful to give any name to such vessel employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel or harbour-craft, other than that by which she was first registered.
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