The Coasting Vessels Act, 1838
4. Registry of name, number and
burthen.—1*** The name and number of every such vessels employed
as aforesaid, fishing-vessel and harbour-craft, and her burthen, and also the
name or names of the owner or owners thereof, shall be registered in a took to
be kept for that purpose by the person hereinafter directed to make such
registry.
Registry by whom to be made, Fresh
registration.—At Bombay such registry shall be made by the 2[Principal
Officer, Mercantile Marine Department], and at other places 3*** by
the Collector of Seacustoms at such places respectively, or by such other
person as shall be appointed by the 4[Central Government] to act at
such places respectively, in the execution of this Act; and whenever any change
shall take place in the burthen of such vessel employed as aforesaid,
fishing-vessel or harbour-craft, or in the name or names of the owner or owners
thereof, such registry shall be made again:
Provided, however, that it shall
not be lawful to give any name to such vessel employed as aforesaid, fishing-vessel
or harbour-craft, other than that by which she was first registered.
Footnotes
1. The words “And it is hereby
enacted, that” rep. by Act. 16 of 1874, s. 1 and the Schedule, Pt. I.
2. Subs. by the A. O. 1950 (as
amended by C. O. 29, dated 4-4-1951), for “Master-Attendant” (w.e.f.
26-1-1950).
3. The words “within the said
State” omitted by Act 22 of 1952, s. 6.
4. Subs. by the A. O. 1937, for
“Government of Bombay”.
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