Merchant Shipping Act : Restrictions on re-registry of abandoned ships. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Restrictions on re-registry of abandoned ships.

62. Restrictions on re-registry of abandoned ships. Where a ship has ceased to be registered as an Indian ship by reason of having been wrecked or abandoned, or for any reason other than capture by the enemy, the ship shall not be re-registered until she has at the expense of the applicant for the registry been surveyed by a surveyor and certified by him to be seaworthy. 436 National character and flag