Merchant Shipping Act : Unlawful assumption of Indian character. Indian Bare Acts :

Merchant Shipping Act,1958

Act No : 44

Section : Unlawful assumption of Indian character.

64. Unlawful assumption of Indian character. No person on board a ship which is not an Indian ship shall, for the purpose of making it appear to be an Indian ship, use the Indian national colours, unless the assumption of Indian character has been made (the burden of proving which shall lie on him) for the purpose of escaping capture by the enemy or by a foreign ship of war in the exercise of some belligerent right.