LawgistThe Inland Vessels Act
72Certificated masters of inland mechanically propelled vessels to be deemed pilots under section 31 of Act 15 of 1908
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 31, every master of an inland 1[mechanically propelled vessel] who possesses a masters certificate granted under this Act and in force shall, in ports to which section 31 of the Indian Ports Act, 1908, has been extended, be deemed, for the purposes of that section, to be the pilot of the 1[mechanically propelled vessel] of which he is in charge.
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1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1977, s. 5, for "steam-vessel" (w,e.f. 1-5-1978).
2. Sub-section (2) omitted by the A.O. 1948
SUPPLEMENTAL
- 67 Power for State Government to make general rules
- 68 Power for State Government to modify application of Act to certain inland mechanically propelled vessels
- 69 Exemption to Government vessels from fees
- 70 Power for Central Government to define tidal water
- 71 Fees recoverable as fines
- 72 Certificated masters of inland mechanically propelled vessels to be deemed pilots under section 31 of Act 15 of 1908
- 72A Endorsement of certificates and licences granted in Bangladesh
- 73 [Omitted.]
- 74 Publication of rules
- 75 Repeal and saving
