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section 44

Power to make rules.

The Merchant Shipping Act, 2025
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Part III REGISTRATION OF VESSELS

Statutory text
  1. (1) The Central Government may make rules to carry out the provisions of this Part.
  2. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--
    • (a) the conditions for registration of an Indian vessel under sub-section (6) of section 15;
    • (b) the procedure for registration of an abandoned vessel under sub-section (8) of section 15;
    • (c) the manner and conditions for registration of a foreign vessel chartered on a bareboat charter-cum-demise contract by an Indian charterer under section 16;
    • (d) the manner, duration and conditions for temporary registration of a vessel sought to be recycled under section 17;
    • (e) the procedure for issuance of provisional certificate of registration under sub-section (1) and the procedure, validity, and extension of such registration or cancellation under sub-section (2), of section 19;
    • (f) the procedure, period and fees for registration and renewal thereof, of an Indian vessel under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 20;
    • (g) the manner and procedure in accordance with which the Registrar may require evidence to be given for the purposes of inquiring into the title of an Indian vessel under sub-section (4) of section 20;
    • (h) the form and manner of grant of certificate of registration and manner of determination of gross and net tonnage under sub-section (5) of section 20;
      • (i) the manner of granting new certificate in lieu of original certificate of registration being defaced or mutilated under sub-section (6) of section 20;
    • (j) the compliance of procedure by the owner of registered vessel under sub-section (7) of section 20;
    • (k) the manner of description of the name, call sign and official number of Indian vessels under sub-section (8) of section 20;
    • (l) the manner of keeping the register book and making entries therein and maintenance of the records of vessels registered under this Act under sub-section (9) of section 20;
    • (m) the procedure for registration and issuance of a fresh certificate under sub-section (10) of section 20;
    • (n) the special circumstances for grant of temporary pass and the form in which such pass shall be granted under section 21;
    • (o) the form and manner of instrument by which an Indian vessel or share therein shall be transferred under sub-section (4) of section 23;
    • (p) the procedure for registration of the instrument by which an Indian vessel or a share therein shall be transferred under sub-section (5) of section 23;
    • (q) the procedure for transmission of property in Indian vessel on death, insolvency, etc., under section 24;
    • (r) the manner in which a vessel ceasing to be an Indian vessel is ordered for sale under section 25; the form of mortgage and the procedure and manner in which the Registrar shall record the mortgage in the register book, under sub-section (1) of section 26;
    • (t) the documents required to be produced for the discharge of a registered mortgage of a vessel under sub-section (4) of section 26;
    • (u) the form of notice under sub-section (3) of section 27;
      • (v) the other liabilities of mortgagee under clause (d) of section 28;
    • (w) the manner for transfer of mortgage and the form of instrument effecting the transfer of mortgage, under sub-section (1) of section 30;
      • (x) the procedure and conditions for transmission of interest in mortgage under section 31;
    • (y) the manner in which the name of an Indian vessel may be changed under sub-section (3) of section 32;
    • (z) the fee for inspection of register book and a certified copy of any entry of the register book under sub-section (1) of section 42;
    • (za) the form and manner of application for closure of registration under sub-section (1) of section 43;
    • (zb) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed.

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