section 207
Ban on entering or leaving port without clearance
The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025Infrastructure2025327 sections
Chapter IV CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BUNKER OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE
Statutory text
- (1) No ship shall enter or leave or attempt to enter or leave any port or place to which this Chapter applies unless it carries onboard a certificate granted under section 206.
- (2) Any certificate granted by a competent authority in any State outside India to a ship registered in that State or any certificate granted by a competent authority of any State which is a contracting party to the Bunker Convention to any ship wherever registered, shall be accepted at any port or place in India as if it were granted under this Act.
- (3) No proper officer shall permit inward entry or outward clearance to any ship to which sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) applies unless the master of the ship produces the certificate required in respect of such ship.
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